“The New Testament authors did not have the difficult task of reconciling these two “pre-ministry” christologies [the Christology of Luke and Matthew, and the highest Christology of Paul and John], one centered on conception, the other on pre-existence; for we have no evidence that the proponents of one were aware of the other.”
—-Raymond Brown, Catholic NT scholar, The Virginal Conception and the Bodily Resurrection of Jesus, p. 44
Gary: VERY interesting statement!
Escaping Christian Fundamentalism 