Question 19 — The Will of God

After considering the things belonging to the divine knowledge, we consider what belongs to the divine will.

The first consideration is about the divine will itself; the second about what belongs strictly to His will; the third about what belongs to the intellect in relation to His will.

About His will itself there are twelve points of inquiry:

(1) Whether there is will in God?

• (2) Whether God wills things apart from Himself?
• (3) Whether whatever God wills, He wills necessarily?
• (4) Whether the will of God is the cause of things?
• (5) Whether any cause can be assigned to the divine will?
• (6) Whether the divine will is always fulfilled?
• (7) Whether the will of God is mutable?
• (8) Whether the will of God imposes necessity on the things willed?
• (9) Whether there is in God the will of evil?
• (10) Whether God has free will?
• (11) Whether the will of expression is distinguished in God?
• (12) Whether five expressions of will are rightly assigned to the divine will?