Summa Theologiae · I, q. 90
Question 90. Of the First Production of Man's Soul
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, First Part. 4 articles.
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After the foregoing we must consider the first production of man, concerning which there are four subjects of treatment:
(1) the production of man himself;
(2) the end of this production;
(3) the state and condition of the first man;
(4) the place of his abode.
Concerning the production of man, there are three things to be considered:
(1) the production of man's soul;
(2) the production of man's body;
(3) the production of the woman.
Under the first head there are four points of inquiry:
(1) Whether man's soul was something made, or was of the Divine substance?
(2) Whether, if made, it was created?
(3) Whether it was made by angelic instrumentality?
(4) Whether it was made before the body?