| ### QUESTION 70 ### OF CIRCUMCISION ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We have now to consider things that are preparatory to Baptism: and (1) that which preceded Baptism, viz. Circumcision, (2) those which accompany Baptism, viz. Catechism and Exorcism. #### Concerning the first there are four points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether circumcision was a preparation for, and a figure of, Baptism? #### (2) Its institution; #### (3) Its rite; #### (4) Its effect. ####  |