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Roman Catechism
Types and Prophecies of the Conception and Nativity
The mysteries of this admirable Conception and Nativity being, therefore, so great and so numerous, it accorded with the plan of divine Providence to signify them by many types and prophecies. Hence the holy Fathers understood many things which we meet in the Sacred Scriptures to refer to these mysteries, particularly that gate of the sanctuary which Ezechiel saw closed;16 the stone cut out of the mountain without hands, which became a great mountain and filled the universe, of which we read in Daniel;17 the rod of Aaron, which alone budded of all the rods of the princes of Israel;18 and the bush which Moses saw burn without being consumed.19 The holy Evangelist describes in detail the history of the birth of Christ; but, as the pastor can easily recur to the Sacred Volume, it is unnecessary for us to say more on the subject.
16. Ezek 44:2
17. Dan 2:35
18. Num 17:8
19. Exod 3:2