Question 60 — The Love or Dilection of the Angels

The next subject for our consideration is that act of the will which is love or dilection; because every act of the appetitive faculty comes of love.

Under this heading there are five points of inquiry:

(1) Whether there is natural love in the angels?

• (2) Whether there is in them love of choice?
• (3) Whether the angel loves himself with natural love or with love of choice?
• (4) Whether one angel loves another with natural love as he loves himself?
• (5) Whether the angel loves God more than self with natural love?