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I believe in God the Father almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, 2. et in Iesum Christum, Filium Eius unicum, Dominum nostrum, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, 3. qui conceptus est de Spiritu Sancto, natus ex Maria Virgine, who was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, 4.
In Christian theology, the incarnation is the belief that the pre-existent divine person of Jesus Christ, God the Son, the second person of the Trinity, and the Logos (Koine Greek for 'word') was "made flesh," [1] "conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary," [2] also known as the Theotokos (Greek for "God-bearer" or "Mother of God").
30: The angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31: And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus. 32: He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his ancestor David.
Ephraim the Syrian taught that the date of the conception of Jesus Christ fell on 10 Nisan on the Hebrew calendar, the day in which the passover lamb was selected according to Exodus 12 (Hymn 4 on the Nativity). Some years 10 Nisan falls on 25 March, which is the traditional date for the Feast of the Annunciation and is an official holiday in ...
In the 4th century and then much later in the fifteenth century, a belief arose that Mary was conceived of Anne without original sin. This belief in the Immaculate Conception states that God preserved Mary's body and soul intact and sinless from her first moment of existence, through the merits of Jesus Christ. [13]
In a 1410 French Mass book, Anne and Joachim are depicted in front of a castlelike structure representing the Golden Gate. The image precedes the Mass for the Feast of the Conception of the Virgin Mary. [4] Gradually more allegorical depictions of the Immaculate Conception, featuring an adult Mary, replace this scene in representing the ...
The earliest evidence for a Feast of the Annunciation or Incarnation is from the sixth century, [5] [6] although the Catholic News Agency dates it to the fifth century. [2] The first certain mentions of the feast are in a canon, of the Council of Toledo in 656, where it was described as celebrated throughout the Church, and in another of the Council of Constantinople "in Trullo" in 692, which ...
The Catholic Church teaches the Immaculate Conception, that Mary was conceived without original sin. [16] Kenneth Baker writes that: Two special factors rendered Mary impeccable or unable to sin. The first was her constant awareness of God, living always in His presence, and the second was her reception of special and extraordinary graces.