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> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 14:44:06 -0500 (EST) > From: Karen Saupe <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > >In more than one past class, I remember hearing about the women present at the > >Nativity who doubted Mary's virginity and then were shown that Mary was a virgi > >n before, during and after Christ's birth. > > It's apocryphal, from the Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew. Here's the text, > from <http://wesley.nnc.edu/noncanon/gospels.htm> (Wesley Center for > Applied Theology): > > [3] Now, when the birth of the Lord was at hand, Joseph had gone away to >> And hearing these words, Salome said: Allow me to handle thee, and > prove whether Zelomi have spoken the truth. And the blessed Mary > allowed her to handle her. And when she had withdrawn her hand > from handling her, it dried up, and through excess of pain she began I seem to recall that the word for 'handle' in the Latin is 'palpare'. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%