y man is perfected in relation to his neighbor, the effect of the active life is peace, according to Is. 32:17 : "The work of justice shall be peace": hence the seventh beatitude is "Blessed are the peacemakers." Reply to Objection 1: The acts of the gifts which belong to the act…

thing is not the proper effect of different things. Now peace is the effect of justice, according to Is. 32:17 : "And the work of justice shall be peace." Therefore it is not the effect of charity. On the contrary, It is written ( Ps. 118:165 ): "Much peace have they that love Th…

der the purity of the reason; and peace is caused by justice which is about operations, according to Is. 32:17, "The work of justice shall be peace": since he who refrains from wronging others lessens the occasions of quarrels and disturbances. Hence the moral virtues dispose one…