Sentence examples for conception of jesus from inspiring English sources

And the term does not refer to the conception of Jesus by Mary.

The text mocks the orthodox notion of Mary's conception of Jesus independent of Joseph: "They do not know what they are saying".

Christian doctrine teaches that Mary was conceived by her mother, Anne, without the stain of original sin; the term does not refer to the conception of Jesus by Mary.

The dream of Queen Maya in which the conception of her son, the future Buddha, was symbolized by a white elephant penetrating her from the side is of course represented, a reminder that the Immaculate Conception of Jesus was prefigured in earlier theology.

Jaroslav Pelikan, the great Yale historian and theologian, says in his book "Mary Through the Centuries" that the earliest references to Mary (like Mark's gospel, the first to be written, or Paul's letter to the Galatians) don't mention anything unusual about the conception of Jesus.

Although it is true that neither Paul nor John makes reference to it, the teaching about the virginal conception of Jesus, apparently based upon verse 14 of the seventh chapter of the Book of Isaiah, was sufficiently widespread in the 1st century to warrant inclusion in both Matthew and Luke as well as in creeds that date back to the 1st century.

The major contribution of the Scholastic period to the Christian conception of Jesus Christ appears to lie in the way it managed to combine theological and mystical elements.

Nevertheless, with the conception of Jesus Christ as the Son of God, a tendency developed early in the church to grant to the mother of the Son of God a special place within the church.

The subject is the conception and birth of Jesus, set in modern-day Switzerland, where Mary helps her father with his gas station and Joseph drives a taxi.

The familiar Christmas story, including the virgin conception and birth of Jesus, is found in the gospels of Matthew and Luke.

This account of the conception and birth of Jesus is well known in the Christian cultural sphere and beyond, and it has for generations shaped perceptions of childbirth.