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Who was born of the Immaculate Conception?

Maria.

The answer to this question tends to baffle most non-Catholics. Catholic doctrine links the virgin birth to the birth of the Virgin Mary, not to the birth of Christ from a virgin.

This dogma is commonly confused with the doctrine that Mary miraculously conceived Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit.

According to the Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception, Mary was conceived from ordinary parents in a natural way, but at the time of conception, original sin did not pass to her.

Unfortunately, the Bible does not mention this circumstance anywhere. Officially, the dogma of the immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary was established only in 1854 and is recognized exclusively by Catholics.

Many theologians consider this dogma to be superfluous, since Jesus already atoned for all human sins.

The birth of Christ from the Virgin is the key doctrine of the Church, although this does not at all mean that it is indisputable. It is mentioned at length in the Gospels of Luke and Matthew, but nothing is said about it either in the earlier Gospel of Mark or in the still older epistles of St. Paul.

The Holy Apostle Paul, in his Epistle to the Romans, states unequivocally that Jesus "was born of the seed of David according to the flesh." We know that the very first Jewish Christians, the so-called "Nazarenes", also did not believe in the birth of Christ from a virgin.

The "supernatural" elements of the life of Jesus were exaggerated as the new religion absorbed pagan ideas to broaden its appeal.

The birth of a virgin was not part of the Jewish tradition. However, Perseus and Dionysus in Greek mythology, Horus in Egyptian mythology, and Mithra, a Persian deity whose cult rivaled Christianity in popularity, were all "born of virgins."

Author: John Lloyd, John Mitchinson

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Why do most Irish last names start with O?

Do you like your name? Do you think it says anything about you as a person? Would you choose this name for yourself? Nowadays, only actors and actresses can choose a suitable name for themselves. The rest of us should go by whatever name our parents gave them, even though it doesn't say anything about us. The name of the child was always given by the parents. At one time it had a certain meaning for them. It can characterize the appearance of a small child or express some parental feelings.

For example, the name Samuel means in Hebrew "questioner of God." And the name Blanche means in French "white", "pure". As cities grew and many people lived in the same place, it became difficult to distinguish people by their names. There were too many Johns, Williams and Davids. Imagine that you know two men named John and you want to tell someone about one of them. You could say, "I'm talking about John son of William." So a way arose to distinguish people from each other, and next to the name of a person they began to put the name of his father. This John began to be called John Williamson or in another way - John Williams, John Wilson, John Wils. All this showed that John was William's son!

In Ireland, the prefix "O" means "whom". When the Irish wanted to say "John son of Brian", they used this prefix and said "John O'Brian". All Irish names that begin with "O" come from this custom of naming a son with the father's name. The Scots used the same way of forming names, using the prefix "Poppy", which meant "son". "Mak" is abbreviated "Mk" or "M". Therefore John son of Donald will be referred to as "John MacDonald".

There were many other ways of originating surnames. Sometimes surnames were given depending on the place of residence. If Thomas lived near the forest, he could become Thomas Wood or Thomas Atwood. Sometimes the surname was derived from a nickname, such as Brown, Longfellow, or Drinkwater. If you had to choose a last name, what would you choose?

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