Refutation of the Sects (1959) - Page 9


$β$. SECOND RESPONSE: BY SCRIPTURE 76-90..................................	35	40
Sin of the first man 77....................................................................	35	40
First argument (double) of the adversaries 78.....................................	36	41
Response to the two objections 79........................................................	36	41
Second argument of the adversaries 80..................................................	36	41
First response to the second argument 81...................................	36	41
Second — — — 82...................................	36	41
Third — — — 83-85
$α'$ Genesis 83....................................................................................	36	42
$β'$ Wisdom 84 This refers to the Book of Wisdom, a deuterocanonical book of the Old Testament....................................................................................	37	42
$γ'$ Psalm 81 85..............................................................................	37	42
Objection of the adversaries 86.............................................................	37	42
Response 87..............................................................................................	37	42
Satan neither imposes himself through violence nor is he foreknowing 88-90
Case of Eve and Adam 88................................................................	37	43
Case of Job 89................................................................................	38	43
Case of Our Lord 90..............................................................	38	43
$γ$. SPECIAL CASE OF PREMATURE DEATHS 91.....................................	38	44
$δ$. OTHER CAUSES FOR THE ENTRY OF SUFFERING AND EVIL INTO THE WORLD 92-96
$α'$ Sins 92...................................................................................	39	44
$β'$ The glory of God through the miraculous healing of such sufferings 93..................................................................................................	39	44
$γ'$ Sufferings due to an imbalance in the mixture of the elements of which the human body is composed 94 This refers to the ancient medical theory that health was determined by the balance of the four elements (fire, air, water, earth) within the body..........................................	39	45
$δ'$ The evils of wars 95.........................................................................	39	45
$ε'$ Moral evils 96................................................................................	39	45
c. DIABOLICAL POSSESSIONS (AS EVIL) 97-113
$α$. WHY GOD PERMITS DIABOLICAL POSSESSIONS 97-99.....................................................................................................	39	45
Objection 98.......................................................................................	40	45
General response 99........................................................................	40	45
$β$. GOD ALONE CAN CAST OUT THE DEVIL 100-107
$α'$ By Himself or through His saints 100..................................................	41	46
$β'$ Through fasting and prayer 101................................................................	41	47
Objection: "sorcerers send away and cast out demons" 102...	41	47
Response: 103..................................................................................	41	47
Argument of the adversaries 104.......................................................	41	47
Response 105-107

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