Peter N. Stearns Quotes

As A Part Of The Holy Trinity, Jesus Was Regarded As Divine, And In Predominant Christian Belief This Divinity Was Not Compatible With Human Copulation. So Mary Was A Virgin, With The Baby Jesus Implanted By Divine Intervention.
This Was Of Course A Marked Departure From Other Religions In The Classical
world That Had Not Ventured Such A Complex Statement About Divine Presence Among Mortals, And That Had Often Been Quite Comfortable With The Idea Of Sexual Exploits Among The Gods And As Sources Of Other Gods.

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