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Glossary

Virgin Birth

The Christian teaching, drawn from gospel texts such as Matthew 1.18-25 and Luke 1.26-38, that Mary miraculously conceived and gave birth to Jesus, although she was a virgin. People sometimes mistakenly think that the term immaculate conception also refers to the virgin birth. In fact, the immaculate conception is a Catholic teaching that Mary was born without original sin.
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