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De Virginitate B. Mariae
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Helvidius.—Prima ejus propositio fuit: "Matthaeus loquitur: Christi autem generatio sic erat: Cum esset desponsata mater ejus Maria Joseph, priusquam convenirent, inventa est habens in utero de Spiritu sancto. Joseph autem vir ejus cum esset justus, et nollet eam traducere, voluit occulte dimittere eam. Haec autem eo cogitante, ecce Angelus Domini in somnis apparuit ei, dicens: Joseph, fili David, ne timeas accipere Mariam conjugem tuam. Quod enim natum est in ea, de Spiritu sancto est (Matth. I, 18 seqq.). Ecce, inquit, habes desponsatam, non commendatam, ut dicis, et utique non ob aliud desponsatam, nisi quandoque nupturam. Neque enim de non conventuris Evangelista dixisset: Priusquam convenirent: quia nemo de non pransuro dicit, antequam pranderet. Deinde ab Angelo uxorem appellatam et conjunctam. Audiamus nunc quid Scriptura pronuntiet: Exsurgens, inquit, Joseph a somno, fecit sicut praeceperat ei Angelus Domini: et accepit uxorem suam, et non cognovit eam, donec peperit filium suum (Matth. I, 24, 25).
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The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary
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His first statement was: “Matthew says, 1 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privately. But when he thought on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.” Notice, he says, that the word used is betrothed , not intrusted as you say, and of course the only reason why she was betrothed was that she might one day be married. And the Evangelist would not have said before they came together if they were not to come together, for no one would use the phrase before he dined of a man who was not going to dine. Then, again, the angel calls her wife and speaks of her as united to Joseph. We are next invited to listen to the declaration of Scripture: 2“And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took unto him his wife; and knew her not till she had brought forth her son.”