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 '''20. Did not also Christ and the Apostles appeal to the testimony of the prophets?'''

Yes; Christ and the Apostles proved to the Jews from the writings of the prophets that the Messias was come, and that He Himself — Jesus of Nazareth — was the Messias.

21. Do we see nothing else fulfilled in Christ but the prophecies?

We see also in Him the fulfilment of all the Figures by which the deeds and sufferings of the Messias were indicated many centuries before.

22. Which are the most remarkable Figures of the Messias?

1. His Passion and Death were prefigured by Abel, Isaac, Joseph, David, the Paschal Lamb, the Propitiatory Sacrifice, and the Brazen Serpent; 2. His Priesthood chiefly by Melchisedech; 3. His office of Prophet and Mediator by Moses; 4. His Resurrection by Jonas in the whale's belly; and 5. His Church and the Holy Sacraments by the Ark, the Red Sea, the Manna, and the Temple with its various appurtenances and sacrifices (Hebr. ix.).

Application. How happy you are to know and possess the promised Saviour of the world, for whom the holy Patriarchs sighed so long and so ardently! May He al-