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title: 'The Virgin Birth in the Second Century'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'J. Gresham Machen'
date: 1912-10-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Ancient and Medieval Church History'
- 'Creeds and Confessions'
- 'Apologetical Method'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 1'
- 'Luke 1'
- 'Isaiah 7'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/machen-1912-the-virgin-birth-in-the-second-century
---

# The Virgin Birth in the Second Century

Scholarly survey arguing that belief in the virgin birth was widely established in the second-century Church, based on creeds and patristic witnesses (Ignatius, Justin, Aristides).

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