| ### QUESTION 103 ### OF THE DURATION OF THE CEREMONIAL PRECEPTS ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must now consider the duration of the ceremonial precepts: under which head there are four points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether the ceremonial precepts were in existence before the Law? #### (2) Whether at the time of the Law the ceremonies of the Old Law had any power of justification? #### (3) Whether they ceased at the coming of Christ? #### (4) Whether it is a mortal sin to observe them after the coming of Christ? ####  |