Article 12

In the twelfth article, the question is raised whether God ceased moving any body immediately [i.e., without an intermediary] after the works of the six days.

This is true in regard to those motions of a body that a creature can perform. For there are certain bodily movements that are not able to be accomplished by any creature (as when the dead are raised, the blind are made to see and the like). And such transformations God does immediately in regard to their principle effect, although in regard to certain effects, the ministry of the angels is not lacking.