medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Now this has merit! Albeit still inclusive. --V.K. Inman
Quoting Thomas Izbicki <[log in to unmask]>:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> I would like to add here a thought on symbolic thinking that might help
> with understanding the thinking of patristic translators of the Bible.
> There are patristic texts describing Mary as prefigured by the Ark of
> the Covenant. That the Ark was not to be touched was recorded in the
> Bible. There is room for an extrapolation that Joseph would not have
> touched the Ark sexually even after the birth of Jesus.
>
> Tom Izbicki
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> In my previous posting, I'm afraid I did not quite complete my thought:
> Jerome and the early Christians who asserted the perpetual virginity of
> Mary _knew_ that they were interpreting an inconclusive text. They were
> not assuming that this text itself "actually says" that Mary was a
> perpetual virgin. So, when we scholars today expressed fascination with
> the "fact" that this (and similar doctrines) were "were ostensibly built
>
> on texts that don't actually say what they're thought to say," this
> would come as a complete surpise to Jerome, since he was _not_ claiming
> that he had a clearcut proof text but that he had a supporting text
> which, when interpreted together with other texts and other evidence,
> confirmed the doctrine of perpetual virginity. Our knowing, almost
> condescending attitude when we claim that these people built their
> beliefs on texts that did not "actually say" what the doctrines required
> the texts to say is actually a misinterpretation of ancient and medieval
> people's attitudes--they knew very well that this one text did not
> "actually say" Mary was perpetually a virgin. They believed that this
> text combined with other evidence, both scriptural and ecclesial,
> together provided a trustworthy basis for believing in Mary's perpetual
> virginity.
>
> Dennis Martin
>
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