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Is there a difference between 'immaculate conception' and 'virgin birth'?
To me they are the same thing, but some people seem to think that they refer to two separate concepts.
(I know conception and birth are two separate things - what I'm talking about is that some people seem to think that 'immaculate conception' refers to Mary being born without original sin).
23 個解答
- namelessLv 75 年前最愛解答
Is there a difference between 'immaculate conception' and 'virgin birth'?
~~~ No, and they are both imagination!
- Scarborough FairLv 75 年前
Yes, Catholics believe that Mary was born without original sin. This was named the Immaculate conception. Most Protestants do not believe in the Immaculate Conception. Some hear that terrm and believe it must refer to the virgin birth. That is a common mistake and largely because few Protestant churches teach about the Immaculate Conception because they don't believe in it. Anglicans, Lutherans, and Episcopalians might believe in it, but I'm not sure.
- SofiaLv 65 年前
There is a very big difference since they are about two separate people: the immaculate conception about the birth of Mary and the belief she was born without original sin, and the conception of Jesus by the Holy Spirit.
- 匿名5 年前
Don't believe in those Immaculate Deceptions.
- 匿名5 年前
Immaculate Conception means that Mary was conceived without sin.
- ?Lv 75 年前
Yes, a lot of people get this wrong, the immaculate conception refers to Jesus' maternal grandmother, Mary's mom, that Mary was born without 'sin' while 'virgin birth' is the birth of Jesus, who was impregnated by the "Holy Ghost".
資料來源: Christian mythology - UserLv 75 年前
In Christianity, absolutely.
Both terms refer to *specific* Christian doctrines.
"Virgin birth" refers specifically to the conception and birth of Jesus by a virgin. We could say that in general it refers to such a birth.
"Immaculate conception" refers to the conception of Mary and refers to a wholly human conception that was miraculously "immaculate", that miraculously did not involve the transference of original sin to the child conceived (namely: Mary). In the doctrine of the immaculate conception (which, I believe, is taught only by Catholics), **virginity is not a characteristic**. The mother was not a virgin, the mother conceived as a result of engaging in sexual intercourse with a man, but despite that the conception was "immaculate", and immaculate only in the sense already described: that is, the child conceived did not "contract" or "inherit" original sin.
- marsel_duchampLv 75 年前
Yes. Immaculate conception refers to Mary being born with out original sin. Virgin birth refers to the birth of her son, Jesus. I was raised in that particular mythology.
EDIT: Your update is wrong. They are separate things in Catholic theology, no matter what you think.
- five toed slothLv 75 年前
They ARE two different things.
The Immaculate conception concerns the birth of Mary... The virgin birth is about the birth of the widdle baby Jesus.
- Bobby JimLv 75 年前
Yes, about 9 months. But the key character is Jesus. He was conceived without sin, and born of a virgin, as prophesied in Isaiah.