Virgin Birth of Christ
Author: first_name: J. Gresham
last_name: Machen
Language: English
Year: 1930

According to a universal belief of the historic Christian Church, Jesus of Nazareth was born without human father, being conceived by the Holy Ghost and born of the virgin Mary. It is the purpose of the following discussion to investigate the origin of this belief. Whatever may be thought of the virgin birth itself, the belief of the Church in the virgin birth is a fact of history which no one denies. How is that fact to be explained? Two explanations are possible.<br><br>In the first place, it