Multiple choice

What were the three types of law that Aquinas was concerned with?

  1. Unity, Spiritual, Good

  2. Eternal, Natural, Human

  3. Eternal, Unity, Natural

  4. None of the above
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Explanation

Aquinas recognises four main types of law: The eternal, the natural, the human and the divine. The last three all depend on the first, but in different ways. Were we to arrange them in a hierarchy, eternal would be at the top, then natural and then human. Divine law is not in conflict with natural law, but it reaches human beings by a different route, revelation.

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