We must now consider prayer, under which head there are seventeen points of inquiry:

A1 Whether prayer is an act of the appetitive or of the cognitive power?

A2 Whether it is fitting to pray to God?

A3 Whether prayer is an act of religion?

A4 Whether we ought to pray to God alone?

A5 Whether we ought to ask for something definite when we pray?

A6 Whether we ought to ask for temporal things when we pray?

A7 Whether we ought to pray for others?

A8 Whether we ought to pray for our enemies?

A9 Of the seven petitions of the Lord's Prayer;

A10 Whether prayer is proper to the rational creature?

A11 Whether the saints in heaven pray for us?

A12 Whether prayer should be vocal?

A13 Whether attention is requisite in prayer?

A14 Whether prayer should last a long time?

A15 Whether prayer is meritorious? [* Art. 16]

A16 Whether sinners impetrate anything from God by praying? [* Art. 15]

A17 of the different kinds of prayer.