QUESTION 102

THE CAUSES OF THE CEREMONIAL PRECEPTS


Prologue

We must now to consider the causes of the ceremonial precepts, under which head there are six points of inquiry:

(1) Was there any cause for the ceremonial precepts?

(2) Was the cause of the ceremonial precepts literal or figurative?

(3) The causes of the sacrifices.

(4) The causes of the holy things.

(5) The causes of the sacraments of the Old Law.

(6) The causes of the observances.