Examples the Church Fathers Would Have Used for the Plausibility of the Virgin Birth

Discussion about the New Testament, apocrypha, gnostics, church fathers, Christian origins, historical Jesus or otherwise, etc.
Post Reply
Secret Alias
Posts: 18748
Joined: Sun Apr 19, 2015 8:47 am

Examples the Church Fathers Would Have Used for the Plausibility of the Virgin Birth

Post by Secret Alias »

“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote
davidmartin
Posts: 1610
Joined: Fri Jul 12, 2019 2:51 pm

Re: Examples the Church Fathers Would Have Used for the Plausibility of the Virgin Birth

Post by davidmartin »

SA, this is OT but it reminded me of something and i apologise for not better researching this...
you must have read the infancy gospels which mention Mary
there was one in particular that's been dated early, before 150AD. (was it the inf. gospel of James?)
I think it parallels the beginning of Luke and one is excerpting from the other
My question is could Luke's beginning have used this infancy gospel as a source?

Especially since we know Marcion's Luke began like Mark and John without a nativity
What i'd like to see is what the parallels are between Luke's nativity and these other early sources
Post Reply