"Christ, the son of God, became man by taking to himself a true body, (
Heb. 2:14) and a reasonable soul, (
Matt. 26:38;
Heb. 4:15) being conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit in the Virgin Mary, and born of her,(
Lk 1:31,
35) yet without sin (
Heb. 7:26)." — Puritan Catechism