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The sacred text is full of symbolism and timeless truths about pregnancy. 'You Knit Me Together in My Mother's Womb'—17 Bible Verses About Pregnancy Skip to main content
Childbirth, also known as labour, parturition and delivery, is the completion of pregnancy where one or more babies exits the internal environment of the mother via vaginal delivery or caesarean section. [7]
The Book of Isaiah was assembled over several centuries, beginning in the 8th century BC. [3] Chapters 1-39 refer mostly to events of the 8th century, [3] but Isaiah 7:1-25 are the product of a 7th century Josianic redaction (i.e., an editing in the reign of King Josiah, c. 640–609 BC). [4]
The custom, referred to in many places as the "Churching of Women", was retained in the Church until very recent times, and still is in the old rite. [12] The official title of the Rite was actually Benedictio mulieris post partum (the blessing of a woman after giving birth), and focused on blessing and thanksgiving.
Pregnancy is the time during which one or more offspring develops inside a woman's uterus (womb). [4] [13] A multiple pregnancy involves more than one offspring, such as with twins. [14] Pregnancy usually occurs by sexual intercourse, but can also occur through assisted reproductive technology procedures. [6]
A fertility deity is a god or goddess associated with fertility, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, and crops. In some cases these deities are directly associated with these experiences; in others they are more abstract symbols. Fertility rites may accompany their worship. The following is a list of fertility deities.
Luke introduces Mary as a virgin, describes her puzzlement at being told she will bear a child despite her lack of sexual experience, and informs the reader that this pregnancy is to be effected through God's Holy Spirit. [17] There is a serious debate as to whether Luke's nativity story is an original part of his gospel. [18]
At different times, early Christians held different beliefs about abortion, [1] [2] [3] while yet considering it a grievous sin. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] [ 39 ] The earliest Christian texts on abortion condemn it with "no mention of any distinction in seriousness between the abortion of a formed foetus and that of an unformed embryo".