439, line 133). In Q. 71, Article 3, Aquinas discusses how an act can surpass a habit in goodness or badness: “Now it has been shown from the very nature of act and habit, that act surpasses habit both in goodness and in badness” even though a habit lasts longer than an act. Can one act send someone to Hell or did these people have habits that led to the serious act? A habit cannot be formed by the single power of an act, so for some of the people it seems that possibly lesser acts were committed, which led to the habit, which then led to the serious act being committed. This can be the case when it comes to simony, flatters and hypocrites; not a single act landed them into Hell, but multiple acts, which caused a habit landed them in Hell. There is still another circumstance in which it seems possible that a single act landed him into Hell, which is the case with the Franciscan who stopped living in vice and became a Franciscan, but then by giving fraudulent counsel he ended up in Hell, even though he believed that he would be
439, line 133). In Q. 71, Article 3, Aquinas discusses how an act can surpass a habit in goodness or badness: “Now it has been shown from the very nature of act and habit, that act surpasses habit both in goodness and in badness” even though a habit lasts longer than an act. Can one act send someone to Hell or did these people have habits that led to the serious act? A habit cannot be formed by the single power of an act, so for some of the people it seems that possibly lesser acts were committed, which led to the habit, which then led to the serious act being committed. This can be the case when it comes to simony, flatters and hypocrites; not a single act landed them into Hell, but multiple acts, which caused a habit landed them in Hell. There is still another circumstance in which it seems possible that a single act landed him into Hell, which is the case with the Franciscan who stopped living in vice and became a Franciscan, but then by giving fraudulent counsel he ended up in Hell, even though he believed that he would be