Question 19 — The Gift of Fear

We must now consider the gift of fear, about which there are twelve points of inquiry:

(1) Whether God is to be feared?

• (2) Of the division of fear into filial, initial, servile and worldly;
• (3) Whether worldly fear is always evil?
• (4) Whether servile fear is good?
• (5) Whether it is substantially the same as filial fear?
• (6) Whether servile fear departs when charity comes?
• (7) Whether fear is the beginning of wisdom?
• (8) Whether initial fear is substantially the same as filial fear?
• (9) Whether fear is a gift of the Holy Spirit?
• (10) Whether it grows when charity grows?
• (11) Whether it remains in heaven?
• (12) Which of the beatitudes and fruits correspond to it?