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Modern theology does not grant that Isa., vii, 14, contains a real prophecy fulfilled in the virgin birth of Christ; it must maintain, therefore, that St. Matthew misunderstood the passage when he said: “Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying; Behold a virgin shall be with child, and bring forth a son,” etc. (i, 22, 23).
- When Was Jesus Born? | Catholic Answers Q&A
The Church chose December 25 due to its ancient origin and...
- When Was Jesus Born? | Catholic Answers Q&A
Dec 6, 2015 · MATTHEW 1:18-25 - St. Joseph's Dream An angel appears to St. Joseph in a dream. Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit; and her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to send her away quietly.
The Church chose December 25 due to its ancient origin and widespread acceptance. No other date was accepted by more Christians for a longer or older period of time. However, we should note that although the Church chooses this date to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, it is not declaring de fide that it is the literal date he was born.
Dec 11, 2013 · From the humble circumstances of Christ’s birth we learn, in the words of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, that “To become a child in relation to God is the condition for entering the kingdom. For this, we must humble ourselves and become little” (CCC 526).
- Confirm His Humanity.
- Share in The Fullness of The Human experience.
- Remind Us That Faith Is A Journey.
- Show Us That Humility Is The way.
- Enter Into The Story of Israel.
- Enter Into The Human Story.
- Rebuild Humanity from The Ground Up.
- Remind Us That We Need to Be Born again.
- Give Us himself.
- Give Us His Mother.
As stated above, because of Adam, Jesus could certainly have been fully human without a birth. But his birth has the added benefit of confirming the reality of His humanity. The fact that He was born is an indisputable sign of His authentic humanity.
By being born, Jesus shared in experiences that He otherwise would not have. He knew what it was like to be a child. And, what’s more, because of His divinity, He was fully conscious of the experience of being an unborn infant. As a result, He has a radically profound awareness of our experience of helplessness and utter dependence on another. More...
That faith is a journey might seem self-evident to all of us. As Catholics, we believe that salvation takes root in faith, which grows and develops through love. It is process, not a point in time. This is in contrast to many evangelical Protestants who claim that they have been ‘saved,’ as if it was a past one-time event. It is fitting Christ’s re...
In The City of God, St. Augustine says humility is the way to heaven. Christ showed us the way by ‘humbling himself, even to the point of death on a cross’ (to paraphrase Philippians 2:8). The Incarnation prefigures the Passion. Indeed, as another writer on this site recently put it, “It was not so much that His birth cast a shadow on His life, and...
By being born, Jesus became a member of a nation in a particular time and place. He became Jewish. That means that God entered Israel’s story from within, redeemed and elevated it, and invited all of us to share in it. Christ’s birth into the Jewish nation ensures that the Old Testament became part of the Christian Scriptures. Yes, if we accept the...
Likewise, being born ensured that Christ, entered the human story from within. He was, so to speak, truly an insider. Had Christ simply descended in human form from heaven, or been formed from the dust, He would still have been fully human, but He would not have shared in the human story in the same way.
Christ came to give the human race a new beginning, to restore us to our original greatness. The fact that He was born shows that this restoration will be a complete renovation. Christ went back to square one so to speak, to the earliest possibly starting point, the fertilized egg.
The Church teaches that baptism is necessary for salvation. To be baptized is to be ‘born again.’ Once again, Christ, showed us the way by being born Himself.
Yes, He gave Himself to us on the cross. But Christ also gave Himself to us in another way in His birth. It offers us another way to encounter Christ. In his work, On the Incarnation of the Word, St. Athanasius says the variety of experiences Christ underwent ensures He has many ways of reaching out to man: As St. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 9:22, h...
The fact of His birth means that Christ has also given us His mother. We owe our ‘holy Queen, Mother of mercy … our life, our sweetness, and our hope’ to the fact that Christ was born. No birth, no Mary. And let us not fall into the Protestant trap of thinking of Mary as some sort of surrogate birth mother—present merely to give birth and nothing e...
Dec 23, 2023 · In its fourth line, the Apostles’ Creed declares an essential truth: that Jesus Christ was born of the virgin Mary. We may take this truth for granted, but such was not the case for those who composed the Creed. A myriad of false gnostic teachings threatened the Church. This declaration concerning our Lord’s birth is fundamental.
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The clearest places where the virgin birth is taught are the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, for these are the only two places in Scripture where the birth of Christ is narrated. It is therefore significant that both these texts speak of Jesus’s birth of a virgin. The Gospel of Luke contains the most details about the birth of Jesus.
