This interpretation of the Church's prohibition finds confirmation in the Summa Theologiae.119 In a detailed argument (that merits no elaboration here), Thomas Aquinas distinguishes a number of possible uses of lot: distributive lot (sors divisorid), consultative lot (sors consultatorid), and divinatory lot (sorsditoria). The important point is that, according to Aquinas, the distributive use of lot to assign "possessions, honours, or dignities" does not constitute a sin. If the outcome of lot is seen as no more than the product of chance (fortuna), there is no harm in resorting to it "except that of possibly acting in vain [nisi forte vitium vanitatis].