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Virgin Birth
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Virgin Birth or virgin birth
n. Christianity
The doctrine that Jesus was miraculously begotten by God and born of the Virgin Mary without the agency of a human father.
virgin birth
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Theology) another name for parthenogenesis [2]
Virgin Birth
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Theology) the doctrine that Jesus Christ had no human father but was conceived solely by the direct intervention of the Holy Spirit so that Mary remained miraculously a virgin during and after his birth
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Noun1.Virgin Birth - human conception without fertilization by a manvirgin birth - human conception without fertilization by a man
parthenogenesis, parthenogeny
agamogenesis, asexual reproduction - reproduction without the fusion of gametes
2.Virgin Birth - the theological doctrine that Jesus Christ had no human fatherVirgin Birth - the theological doctrine that Jesus Christ had no human father; Christians believe that Jesus's birth fulfilled Old Testament prophecies and was attended by miracles; the Nativity is celebrated at Christmas
Nativity
Christian theology - the teachings of Christian churches
theological doctrine - the doctrine of a religious group
Translations
virgin birth
n → jungfräuliche Geburt; (Biol) → Jungfernzeugung f
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Have you ever wondered why the miracle of the virgin birth of Jesus only received limited attention in the New Testament?
The Virgin Birth of Jesus ? Did It Really Happen? by Rob VandeWeghe / Philosophy and religion community
I was dismayed to read in Calvin Brown's January article, Debating The Virgin Birth, that "some liberal Christians who deny the virgin birth of Jesus in any realistic sense" are undermining "the whole authority of scripture.
Core beliefs by Dunn, Zander; Neal, J. Gordon; Robinson, Alan / Presbyterian Record
Another group, Rapides Station Community Ministries, bragged in its annual report that it had spent $20,000 in GPA funds to use the story of the virgin birth of Jesus "to make it apparent that God's desire [was for] sexual purity as a way of life.
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