Question 33 — The Mode and Order of Christ’s Conception

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?