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The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary
Against Helvidius
A man named Helvidius claimed that the Theotokos had other children after Christ. St. Jerome answers him from the Scriptures: the “brothers of the Lord” are His relatives, and Mary remained a virgin.
It is still the place to start on this question, and he enjoys himself writing it.
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About this edition
Translated by W. H. Fremantle, with G. Lewis and W. G. Martley, in the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, second series, vol. 6 (1893), edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace.
This translation is in the public domain. We took the text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library and left out the editors’ footnotes.
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