Does the Virgin Birth Really Matter?
Aristides (d. AD 134) attests that Christians in his day affirmed that Jesus âfrom a Hebrew virgin assumed and clothed himself with fleshâ ( Apology §2), and Irenaeus (d. 130) states, âThe Church . . . has received from the apostles and their disciples this faith . . . [including] the birth from a virginâ ( Against Heresies 1.10). It is vital, then, that we have an opportunity each year to reflect on this staggering, foundational fact of Christianity: Jesus â unlike any other human who ever existed â was born without a human father. âBorn of the Virgin Ma...
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