Saturday, July 11, 2009

Q107 A5: Whether all the angels know what one speaks to another?

No. One man can speak to another alone; much more can this be the case among the angels, because the mental concept of one angel can be perceived by another, when the angel who possesses the concept, refers it by his will to another.

Unus homo potest alteri soli loqui; multo igitur magis hoc in Angelis esse potest, quia conceptus mentis unius Angeli percipi potest ab altero, per hoc quod ille cuius est conceptus, sua voluntate ordinat ipsum ad alterum.