QUESTION 33

OF THE MODE AND ORDER OF CHRIST'S CONCEPTION

(In Four Articles)

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?

_______________________

Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition · 第 225 / 654 题