The following may be the most broadly agreed upon doctrines. They assert that specific beliefs are essential to Christianity, including: * God is The Trinity, an eternal being existing in three persons: God the Father, Son (Jesus) and The Holy Spirit. * Mary, the mother of Jesus, bore in her womb and gave birth to the Son of God, who although eternally existent was formed in her womb by the Spirit of God. From her humanity he received in his person, a human intellect and will, and all else that a child would naturally receive from its mother. * Jesus is both fully God and fully Man, two "natures" in one person. * Jesus was innocent of any sin. Through the death of Jesus, believers are forgiven of sins and reconciled to God (Atonement). Believers are baptized into the death of