The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary
Author(s): Saint Jerome, William Henry Fremantle
Genre(s): Christianity - Other
Narrators: Ancientchristian
Number of Chapters: 4
Length: 01 hour and 09 minutes
Language: English
St. Jerome composed this essay against Helvidius, who stated that because the gospels mentioned Christ as having “sisters” and “brethren” the Virgin Mary must have had more children from Joseph her husband. In response Jerome asserts three propositions against Helvidius:
1) That Joseph was only putatively, not really, the husband of Mary.
2) That the “brethren” of the Lord were his cousins, not his own brethren.
3) That virginity is better than the married state.
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The audiobook The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary falls under the genres of Christianity - Other. It is written by Saint Jerome, William Henry Fremantle.