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To: blue-duncan; adiaireton8; HarleyD; bornacatholic; Dr. Eckleburg
All Augustine is saying is that the Holy Spirit came over Mary and at the time of Jesus' birth she was a virgin.

More precisely he is saying that her virginity "remained inviolate" following the Nativity, but this is all that is being argued at the moment: that per St. Augustine Jesus was not only conceived miraculously but also born miraculously.

Would it be your contention that St. Augustine did not believe in the Blessed Virgin's perpetual virginity even though he believed in her virginity following giving birth?

536 posted on 12/06/2006 9:52:48 PM PST by annalex
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To: annalex

"More precisely he is saying that her virginity "remained inviolate" following the Nativity,"

That's not what the quote said. It only addressed virginity up to the time of birth, "in Whose Birth His Mother's virginity remained inviolate". If you have something from Augustine that says differently, let's see it.


552 posted on 12/07/2006 6:11:12 AM PST by blue-duncan
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