Catechism of the Summa (4)

 III. OF THE DIVINE OPERATIONS

What is the life of God?

He lives in His knowledge and in His love 

Does God know all things?

Yes 

Does God know all that happens on earth?

Yes 

Does God know our secret thoughts?

Yes 

Does God know the future?

Yes 

How is this knowledge in God?

The reason is because God who is utterly immaterial has a mind that is infinite. Hence no thing that is, that will be, or can be in no matter what being is hidden from Him, since everything is related to His knowledge as effects are related to their causes 

(A)

Has God a will?

Yes; for wheresoever there is mind, there also must be will 

Do all things depend on the will of God?

Yes; because God's will is the first and supreme cause of all things 

(B)

Does God love all His creatures?

Yes, for He made them out of love only 

Does God's love for His creatures produce any effect in them?

Yes, the effect of God's love in His creatures is the good found in them 

(C)

Is God just?

Yes, God is Very Justice 

Why is God Very Justice?

God is Very Justice because He gives to each creature what is due to its nature 

Is there any special kind of God's justice towards men?

Yes; and it consists in this, that He rewards the good and punishes the wicked 

Does God reward the good and punish the wicked in this life?

Only in part does God reward the good and punish the wicked in this life.

Where does God fully reward the good and punish the wicked?

In heaven God fully rewards the good, and in hell fully punishes the wicked.

(D)

Is God merciful?

Yes 

In what does the mercy of God consist?

It consists in this, that He gives to each thing even more than is due to its nature; likewise He rewards the good more fully than they deserve and punishes the wicked even less than they deserve 

(E)

Has God any care of the world?

Yes; and it is called providence 

Does the providence of God extend to all things?

Yes, for there is nothing in the world that God has not foreseen and pre-ordained from all eternity

Does it extend also to inanimate things?

Yes, for they are a part of God's handiwork 

Does it extend to the free acts of man?

Yes; and by this is meant that every free act of man is subject to the ordering of Divine Providence, and in these acts there is nothing but what God ordains or permits; for in no sense does man's liberty imply man's independence of God