o be found among the demons, according to the text, "Among the proud there are always contentions" ( Prov. 13:10 ). Therefore there is no precedence among the demons. Objection 3: If there be precedence among them it is either according to nature, or according to their sin or pun…

same thing is not the cause of contraries. But likeness is the cause of hatred; for it is written ( Prov. 13:10 ) that "among the proud there are always contentions"; and the Philosopher says (Ethic. viii, 1) that "potters quarrel with one another." Therefore likeness is not a ca…

d to knowledge which, without charity, "puffeth up," and consequently leads to dissent, according to Prov. 13:10 , "Among the proud there are always dissensions": whereas, with charity, it "edifieth and begets concord." Hence the Apostle after saying ( 1 Cor. 1:5 ): "You are made…