virgin birth

noun

Theology. the doctrine or dogma that, by the miraculous agency of God, the birth of Christ did not impair or prejudice the virginity of Mary. Compare Immaculate Conception.
Zoology. parthenogenesis; parturition by a female who has not copulated.

virgin birth

Virgin Birth

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

First recorded in 1645–55

The virgin birth is mentioned in the...what...gasp...Koran?!

In other words, pledging chastity in the past is strongly associated with a virgin birth.

Is not this tantamount to giving up belief in the Virgin-birth?

Thus, to illustrate the first sort of dogma, there was once a doctrine of the Virgin Birth.

The Christian who says he believes in the virgin birth, but not in the talking serpent or ass, is a sceptic already.

The third and last of these difficulties refers to the miraculous Virgin-birth.

Why do we have to believe in the trinity, the virgin birth, etc., in order to be saved?

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