Belief that Jesus was conceived in the womb of his mother Mary through the Holy Spirit without the agency of a human father and born while Mary was still a virgin

Saint Joseph apologizes to the Virgin Mary for doubting God's paternity of Jesus Christ. Etching by G. Van der Gucht after A. Tiarini.

Wie die Jungfrau zum Kind kam : Zum Einfluss antiker medizinischer und naturphilosophischer Theorien auf die Entwicklung des christlichen Dogmas / Gregor Emmenegger.

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Virgin birth

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Saint Joseph apologizes to the Virgin Mary for doubting God's paternity of Jesus Christ. Etching by G. Van der Gucht after A. Tiarini.

Wie die Jungfrau zum Kind kam : Zum Einfluss antiker medizinischer und naturphilosophischer Theorien auf die Entwicklung des christlichen Dogmas / Gregor Emmenegger.