After the internal acts of devotion and prayer, what are the other acts of the virtue of religion?
They are all those external acts which, of themselves, are directed to the honouring of God (LXXXIV.-XCI.).
What are these acts?
They are, first of all, certain movements of the body, such as the inclination of the head, genuflexion, and prostration, and all those acts which are comprised under the general name of adoration (LXXXIV.).
In what does the excellence of these acts consist?
It consists in this, that even the body is made to contribute towards the honouring of God; and when these acts are performed in a fitting manner they help much towards the better performance of the internal acts (LXXXI V. 2).
Is it only the body we should make use of to honour God in the virtue of religion?
No, for there are also certain things we can offer to God in homage under the form of sacrifice or of pious contribution (LXXXV.-LXXXVII.).
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