Topic IV.
If any one affirms that Christ was born of the seed of
man by the Virgin, in the same manner as all men are born, and refuses
to acknowledge that He was made flesh by the Holy Spirit and the holy
Virgin Mary, and became man of the seed of David, even as it is
written, let him be anathema.
Explication.
How could one say that Christ was born of the seed of
man by the Virgin, when the holy Gospel and the angel, in proclaiming the
good tidings, testify of Mary the Virgin that she said, “How
shall this be, seeing I know not a man?”397
Wherefore he says, “The Holy
Ghost shall come upon thee, and the
power of the highest shall
overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be
born of thee shall be called the Son of the Highest.”
398
And to
Joseph he says,
“
Fear not to take unto thee
Mary thy
wife: for that which
is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring
forth a son, and they shall call His name Jesus: for He shall
save His people from their sins.”
399
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