18. The Fittingness of the Incarnation, the Sacraments, the Resurrection, and the Final State of People and of the World
AQUINAS BEGINS SCG 4,50 by saying that he has now shown “that what the Catholic faith preaches about the Incarnation of the Son of God is not impossible.”1 But was it suitable or fitting (conveniens) for God to become incarnate? That, Aquinas says, is the next thing to consider, and he goes on to consider it in SCG 4,50–55. Then, in SCG 4,56–78, he turns to a discussion of the sacraments of the Christian church while moving on to bring the SCG to a close by dealing with human resurrection, the last judgment, and the state of the world after the last judgment (SCG 4,90–97).