Geminus Christi. La excomunión de la placenta en los relatos del nacimiento virginal
This article aims at demonstrating that the virgin birth of Christ has been construed, in its dogmatic sense, based on the obliteration of the placenta. Primitive cultures regarded the placenta as a double or twin (alter ego) of the fetus. We will demonstrate that introducing the placenta into virgi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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[2019]
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| In: |
Veritas
Year: 2019, Volume: 44, Pages: 169-193 |
| IxTheo Classification: | NBF Christology |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Virgin Birth B Womb B Christian B placenta B Antichrist |
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| Summary: | This article aims at demonstrating that the virgin birth of Christ has been construed, in its dogmatic sense, based on the obliteration of the placenta. Primitive cultures regarded the placenta as a double or twin (alter ego) of the fetus. We will demonstrate that introducing the placenta into virgin birth narratives dangerously implied the potential of a double or alter ego of the Saviour. In our view, this double or twin brother refers to the Antichrist. |
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| ISSN: | 0718-9273 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Veritas
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-92732019000300169 |