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title: "Summa Theologica, Second Half"
author: "Thomas Aquinas"
translator: "Fathers of the English Dominican Province"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Medieval"
section: 361 of 935
url: https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-second-half/361/
cite: "Thomas Aquinas, tr. Fathers of the English Dominican Province, Summa Theologica, Second Half, section 361. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-second-half/361/"
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# Summa Theologica, Second Half

*Thomas Aquinas, tr. Fathers of the English Dominican Province*

Courage and temperance, the states of life, then Christ, the sacraments and the last things.

## 361. III · Question 38: Of the Baptism of John (six Articles)

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[¶0] OF THE BAPTISM OF JOHN (SIX ARTICLES)

[¶1] We now proceed to consider the baptism wherewith Christ was baptized. And since Christ was baptized with the baptism of John, we shall consider (1) the baptism of John in general; (2) the baptizing of Christ. In regard to the former there are six points of inquiry:

[¶2] (1) Whether it was fitting that John should baptize?

[¶3] (2) Whether that baptism was from God?

[¶4] (3) Whether it conferred grace?

[¶5] (4) Whether others besides Christ should have received that baptism?

[¶6] (5) Whether that baptism should have ceased when Christ was baptized?

[¶7] (6) Whether those who received John's baptism had afterwards to receive Christ's baptism?