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Creation of  man  13. Made to  the  image  of  God  15  792  (St.  Paul’s discourse  at  Athens). Immortality of  the  soul  93  371. Free-will 16 17 31 The  fall  of  man  19. Original sin  22  447  (discourse  with  Nicodemus). Mary conceived  without  sin: First  promise  of  the  Redeemer  27. Types of the  immaculate  Virgin:  Gedeon’s  fleece  203;  Esther  356. Consequences of  sin:  Adam  and  Eve  after  the  fall  22;  the  sentence  24; Cain 32;  corruption  of  man  35;  idolatry  48;  and  repeated  falls  of Israel  201. Figures of  the  corruption  of  man: 327  (destruction  of  the city  and  Temple);  537  (the  man  deaf  and  dumb);  558  (the  Jewwounded and  plundered  by  robbers);  670  (Judas).

The holy  Name  of  Jesus  404.

The name  of  Christ  (the  Anointed). In the  Old  Testament  high  priests 173, kings  220,  and  prophets  278,  were  anointed  with  oil;  but  Jesus  is the  supreme  Priest,  King  and  Prophet,  as  was  signified  in  the  Old Law 190,  and  as  such  He  was  anointed  immediately  by  the  Holy Ghost, and  after  His  Baptism  in  the  Jordan  was  manifested  to  the world 432.

We are  the  children  of  God  716.

Jesus Christ  is  our  Lord  562  590  673  732  736  751.

Promises of  the  Redeemer: to  our  first  parents  26;  to  Abraham  54  70; to Jacob  83;  through  Jacob  120;  through  Balaam  186;  Moses  190; David 238;  Isaias  313;  Jeremias  326;  vision  of  Ezechiel  327;  Nabuchodonozor’s  dream  337 ; Aggeus  350; Zacharias  350; Malachias  359. Personal types  of  Christ:  Adam  27 ; Abel  33;  Noe  45 ; Melchisedech  58; Isaac 70;  Joseph  104  114;  Job  127;  Moses  160;  Josue  195;  Gedeon 203; Samson  203;  David  249;  Solomon  260;  Elias  283;  Jonas  291. Material types  of  Christ: Tree  of  knowledge  18;  the  ram  in  the  thicket 70; Jacob’s  ladder  84;  the  paschal  lamb  143;  the  rock  in  the  wilderness 152;  the  sacrifices  of  the  Old  Law  170;  the  brazen  serpent  183; Gedeon’s fleecf  203.

That Jesus  is  the  promised  Redeemer  is  shown:

a) by  Himself  452  (to  the  Samaritan  woman);  456  (in  the  synagogue at Nazareth);  663  (before  the  Sanhedrim).

b) by  the  apparition  of  Moses  and  Elias  at  the  Transfiguration  544;

c) by  the  angel  who  appeared  to  the  shepherds  402.

d) by  John  the  Baptist  428  437.

e) by  the  first  disciples  437 ; especially  by  Peter  533  540.

f) by  the  crowd  when  Jesus  entered  Jerusalem  606.