This feast is about the Incarnation (Latin, taking on human flesh). In the Apostles Creed it states: 'He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary'. This statement, a profession of faith, states the belief of the Church from very early times. This central point that Mary conceived and gave birth to a son, Jesus, as a virgin has always been part of the profession of Christian faith.
This feast is about the Incarnation (Latin, taking on human flesh). In the Apostles Creed it states: 'He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary'. This statement, a profession of faith, states the belief of the Church from very early times. This central point that Mary conceived and gave birth to a son, Jesus, as a virgin has always been part of the profession of Christian faith.