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title: "Question 37: How did Christ, being the Son of God, become man? | Westminster Larger Catechism"
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# Question 37: How did Christ, being the Son of God, become man? | Westminster Larger Catechism

Christ the Son of God became man, by taking to himself a true body, and a reasonable soul, being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost in the womb of the Virgin Mary, of her substance, and born of her, yet without sin.

Scripture proofs: John 1:14; Matt. 26:38; Luke 1:27, 31, 35, 42; Gal. 4:4; Heb. 4:15; Heb. 7:26.

Original source: [2026 RPCNA Constitution](https://ctkrp.org/assets/rpcna-constitution-2026.pdf#page=120)

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