1 Likewise John 1:13 (cf. 3:3–8) seems to be built upon the same analogy of the Virgin Birth of Jesus. Furthermore, several of the fathers, including Irenaeus and Tertullian, whose writings were ...

Vandals have beheaded a sculpture featuring the Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus that had been exhibited in the cathedral in the Austrian city of Linz and drawn criticism from some Catholics who said ...

You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus." She gave birth to her first son, wrapped him in cloths and laid him in a manger—there was no room for them to stay ...

There is no story of the annunciation, the virgin birth or the appearance of the angels to the shepherds. The resurrection is not even mentioned. Jefferson discovered a Jesus who was a great ...

or simply "Mary the Virgin" refers primarily to the conception and birth of Jesus. From the first formulations of faith, especially in baptismal formulas or professions of faith, the Church ...

Joseph took Mary as his wife, but he did not have any sexual relations with her until after Jesus was born in order to fulfil Isaiah’s prophesy of a virgin birth. Isaiah had said, “A virgin ...

(pp. 56-57) 2. The earliest New Testament writers seem ignorant of the details of Jesus' life, which become more crystalized in later texts. Paul seems unaware of any virgin birth, for example.