The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary

The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary (Latin: De perpetua virginitate beatae Mariae adversus Helvidium) is an apologetic work of Saint Jerome (c. AD 342/7–420). It is an answer to Helvidius.^[1]

Helvidius was the author of a work written about the year 383 against the belief in the perpetual virginity of Mary (the mother of Jesus).

Saint Jerome maintains against Helvidius three propositions:

That Joseph was only putatively, not really, the husband of Mary.
That the "brothers" of the Lord were his cousins, not his own brothers.
That virginity is better than the married state.

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^ Hunter, David G. (Spring 1993). "Helvidius, Jovinian, and the Virginity of Mary in Late Fourth-Century Rome". Journal of Early Christian Studies. 1 (1). Johns Hopkins University Press: 47–71. doi:10.1353/earl.0.0147. S2CID 170719507. Retrieved 2016-08-30.

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Jerome (c. 383), "The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary - Against Helvidius", in Philip Schaff; Henry Wace; Kevin Knight (eds.), Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol. 6, Translated by W.H. Fremantle, G. Lewis and W.G. Martley, Buffalo, New York: Christian Literature Publishing Co. (retrieved from New Advent)
"The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary Against Helvidius". clerus.org. Archived from the original on April 11, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary public domain audiobook at LibriVox

[1] Hunter, David G. (Spring 1993). "Helvidius, Jovinian, and the Virginity of Mary in Late Fourth-Century Rome". Journal of Early Christian Studies. 1 (1). Johns Hopkins University Press: 47–71. doi:10.1353/earl.0.0147. S2CID 170719507. Retrieved 2016-08-30.

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