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|H=The conception of Jesus Christ
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|L1=Question: Do Mormons believe that Mary was still a virgin when Jesus was born?
|L2=Fox News, "21 Questions Answered About Mormon Faith"
|L3=Improvement Era, "Peculiar Questions Briefly Answered"
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|publication=Fox News
|title=21 Questions Answered About Mormon Faith
|date=18 December 2007
|link=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,317272,00.html
|summary=The Church does not claim to know how Jesus was conceived but believes the Bible and Book of Mormon references to Jesus being born of the Virgin Mary.
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|author=Charles W. Penrose
|publication=Improvement Era
|title=Peculiar Questions Briefly Answered
|date=September 1912
|vol=15
|num=11
|summary=
'''Question 10''': Do you believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Ghost, as described in {{b||Matthew|1|18-20}}; {{b||Luke|1|35|}}?<br>
'''Answer''': We believe that Jesus of Nazareth "was the only begotten of the Father." It is not stated in either text cited that he was "begotten of the Holy Ghost," and the contrary is described in Luke 1:35. It was the "power of the Highest" that overshadowed Mary, and Jesus was "the Son of the Highest." The Holy Ghost came upon her, she "conceived" under the influence of that divine Spirit, but Jesus is nowhere declared as the Son of the Holy Ghost, but as "the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth." ({{b||John|1|14}}; {{b||Hebrews|1|5}}.) Even the sectarian creeds do not fall into the error that beclouds the minds of some apostates, but say of Jesus that He is the Son of God, "conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary," etc. <ref>{{IE|author=Charles W. Penrose|article=Peculiar Questions Briefly Answered|date=September 1912|vol=15|num=11}}</ref>
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