We must now consider fasting: under which head there are eight points of inquiry:

A1 Whether fasting is an act of virtue?

A2 Of what virtue is it the act?

A3 Whether it is a matter of precept?

A4 Whether anyone is excused from fulfilling this precept?

A5 The time of fasting;

A6 Whether it is requisite for fasting to eat but once?

A7 The hour of eating for those who fast;

A8 The meats from which it is necessary to abstain.