Summa TheologiaePart II-II — Second Part of the Second Part Question 026 — Question 26 — The Order of Charity Prooemium Article 1 — Whether there is order in charity? Article 2 — Whether God ought to be loved more than our neighbor? Article 3 — Whether out of charity, man is bound to love God more than himself? Article 4 — Whether out of charity, man ought to love himself more than his neighbor? Article 5 — Whether a man ought to love his neighbor more than his own body? Article 6 — Whether we ought to love one neighbor more than another? Article 7 — Whether we ought to love those who are better more than those who are more closely united to us? Article 8 — Whether we ought to love more those who are connected with us by ties of blood? Article 9 — Whether a man ought, out of charity, to love his children more than his father? Article 10 — Whether a man ought to love his mother more than his father? Article 11 — Whether a man ought to love his wife more than his father and mother? Article 12 — Whether a man ought to love more his benefactor than one he has benefited? Article 13 — Whether the order of charity endures in heaven?