medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Thomas Izbicki wrote:
>
> 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.
Can we put a date on the various doctrines? The virgin birth is quite
early, because it is there in Matthew and Luke-Acts, although it is not in
Mark, John or Paul. Perpetual virginity is not in the NT, although it is
there by the time of Jerome.
John Briggs
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