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A Christological Catechism: New Testament Answers is unavailable, but you can change that!

Joseph A. Fitzmyer presents 25 succinctly phrased and candidly answered questions about Jesus. His book covers issues such as the virgin birth, the infancy narratives, Jesus’ claim to be the messiah, the historical accuracy and significance of the resurrection and ascension texts, the place of Peter and the apostles, the importance of the Apocryphal gospels, and more. This book holds insights for...

At the outset, for the sake of clarity in a discussion of New Testament data, it would be better to speak of the virginal conception of Jesus, because that is the only question at issue in the infancy narratives. We are concerned with what has been called Mary’s virginitas ante partum, “virginity before the birth” (of Jesus). Nothing is said in the New Testament about the mode