We must now consider satisfaction, about which there are four considerations: (1) Its nature; (2) Its possibility; (3) Its quality; (4) The means whereby man offers satisfaction to God.

Under the first head there are three points of inquiry:

(1) Whether satisfaction is a virtue or an act of virtue?

• (2) Whether it is an act of justice?
• (3) Whether the definition of satisfaction contained in the text is suitable?