In Christianity, Mary is commonly referred to as the Virgin Mary, in accordance with the belief that the Holy Spirit impregnated her, thereby conceiving her first-born son Jesus miraculously, without sexual relations with her betrothed Joseph, "until her son [Jesus] was born". The word "until" has inspired considerable analysis on whether Joseph and Mary produced siblings after the birth of Jesus or not. Among her many other names and titles are the Blessed Virgin Mary (often abbreviated to "BVM" after the Latin ), Saint Mary (occasionally), the Mother of God (primarily in Western Christianity), the (primarily in Eastern Christianity), Our Lady (Medieval ), and Queen of Heaven (; see also here).Encyclopedia of Catholicism by Frank K. Flinn, J. Gordon Melton, 2007, , pp. 443–444Hillerbrand, Hans Joachim. Encyclopedia of Protestantism, Volume 3, 2003. , p. 1174 The title "queen of heaven" had previously been used as an epithet for a number of goddesses, such as Isis, or Ishtar.
In Christianity, Mary is commonly referred to as the Virgin Mary, in accordance with the belief that the Holy Spirit impregnated her, thereby conceiving her first-born son Jesus miraculously, without sexual relations with her betrothed Joseph, "until her son [Jesus] was born". The word "until" has inspired considerable analysis on whether Joseph and Mary produced siblings after the birth of Jesus or not. Among her many other names and titles are the Blessed Virgin Mary (often abbreviated to "BVM" a?fter the Latin ), Saint Mary (occasionally), the Mother of God (primarily in Western Christianity), the (primarily in Eastern Christianity), Our Lady (Medieval ), and Queen of Heaven (; see also here).Encyclopedia of Catholicism by Frank K. Flinn, J. Gordon Melton, 2007, , pp. 443–444Hillerbrand, Hans Joachim. Encyclopedia of Protestantism, Volume 3, 2003. , p. 1174 The title "queen of heaven" had previously been used as an epithet for a number of goddesses, such as Isis, or Ishtar.