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 g) by  the  fact  that  all  the  promises  of  the  Messias  were  fulfilled  in Him,  especially  in  those  things  foretold  by  the  prophets:

1. concerning  the  time  of  His  Birth  376;  the  place  of  His  Birth 413; His  descent  from  David  (and  the  virginity  of  His  Mother) 239 3i3  387.

2. the  circumstances  of  His  Life  454  494  606  (His  solemn  entry into  Jerusalem);  as  well  as  the  circumstances  and  details  of His  Passion  and  Death  690  701  706.

3. about  His  Resurrection  71 1;  Ascension  733;  and  the  descent of the  Holy  Ghost  739.

4. about  the  foundation  and  everlasting  duration  of  His  Church 540 806.

Preparation of  the  Gentiles  for  the  Redeemer: the  deluge  38; destruction of Sodom  64;  the  plagues  of  Egypt  139 ; Balaam  186;  Naaman  284; Jonas 290;  overthrow  of  Israel  294;  dream  of  Nabuchodonozor  337; Daniel 345  377.

Condition of  the  world  at  the  Advent  of  Christ:  338  (despotism);  346 (idolatry); 554  (slavery);  783  785  (deification  of  men). A picture of the  misery  of  mankind  before  Christ  501.

The Divinity  of  Christ  is  attested:

a) by  the  prophets  239  313  (Isaias:  “God  Himself  will  come  and save you”);  especially  by  John  the  Baptist  426  (“He  will  baptize with the  Holy  Ghost”);  435  (“Behold  the  Lamb  of  God  ... He was before  me ...  I give  testimony  that  He  is  the  Son  of  God”). By  the  angel  Gabriel  382  (“He  shall  convert  many  to  the  Lord their God \ And  he  shall  go  before  Him"); 386  (“He  shall  be  called the  Son  of  the  Most  High  . . . He  shall  be  called  the  Son  of God  . . . He  shall  save  the  people  from  their  sins”).  By  the angel  to  the  shepherds  402  (“A  Saviour  who  is  Christ  the  Lord”). By  Elizabeth  390  (“Whence  is  this  to  me  that  the  Mother  of  my Lord  should  come  to  me?”).  By  Zachary  395  (“Thou  child  shalt be  called  the  prophet  of  the  Highest,  for  thou  shalt  go  before the  face  of  the  Lord”).

b) by  God  the  Father  at  the  Baptism  in  the  Jordan  429  (“This  is My  beloved  Son”  &amp;c.);  and  at  the  Transfiguration  543.

c) by  Christ  Himself:

1. by  His  words  421  (“Did  you  not  know  that  I must  be  about my  Father’s  business?”);  442  446  (“Make  not  the  house  of My  Father  a house  of  traffic”);  447  (“God  so  loved  the world  as  to  give  His  Only-begotten  Son . . . God  sent  His  Son into  the  world”);  500  (“Whatsoever  things  the  Father  doth,  these the  Son  also  doth  in  like  manner . . . For  as  the  Father  raiseth the  dead  &amp;c.  . . . that  all  men  may  honour  the  Son  as  they