| ### QUESTION 33 ### OF THE MODE AND ORDER OF CHRIST'S CONCEPTION ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We have now to consider the mode and order of Christ's conception, concerning which there are four points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether Christ's body was formed in the first instant of its conception? #### (2) Whether it was animated in the first instant of its conception? #### (3) Whether it was assumed by the Word in the first instant of its conception? #### (4) Whether this conception was natural or miraculous? ####  |