Perpetual Virginity of Mary

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The Perpetual Virginity of Mary is a Christian doctrine teaching that Mary remained a virgin before, during, and after the birth of Jesus.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian doctrine
Marian doctrine
dogma of the Catholic Church
theological doctrine
affirms Mary had no marital relations with Joseph
Mary had no other biological children than Jesus
hasAspect virginity ante partum (before birth)
virginity in partu (during birth)
virginity post partum (after birth)
hasHistoricalProponent Athanasius of Alexandria
Augustine of Hippo
Jerome
John Calvin
Martin Luther
Thomas Aquinas
hasSubject Jesus Christ
Mary, the mother of Jesus
interpretsAs Jesus’ brothers as Joseph’s children from a previous marriage
Jesus’ brothers as cousins or close relatives
isAffirmedBy Anglican high-church tradition (historically)
Assyrian Church of the East
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheran confessional tradition (historically)
Oriental Orthodox Churches
many early Protestant Reformers
isAffirmedIn Eastern Orthodox liturgy
Roman Catholic liturgy
traditional Christian creeds and confessions in some traditions
isBasedOn early Christian tradition
isConnectedToTitle Aeiparthenos (Ever-Virgin)
Theotokos
isControversialRegarding interpretation of Jesus’ brothers and sisters
isDefinedAsDogmaBy Lateran Council of 649
isDiscussedIn Lateran Council of 649
Second Council of Constantinople
writings of Church Fathers
isDistinctFrom Virgin Birth of Jesus
isExpressedIn Eastern Christian iconography
Western Christian art
isLinkedTo Christological doctrines about Jesus’ divine origin
high view of Mary’s holiness
isRejectedOrQuestionedBy many modern Protestant denominations
isRelatedTo Virgin Birth of Jesus
isSupportedBy patristic exegesis of New Testament passages
typological readings of Old Testament texts
isUpheldIn Catechism of the Catholic Church
teaches Mary remained a virgin after the birth of Jesus
Mary remained a virgin before the birth of Jesus
Mary remained a virgin during the birth of Jesus

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Mary
Virgin Mary
associatedWithDoctrine
Aeiparthenos ("Decree of the Lateran Synod of 649 on the perpetual virginity of Mary")
affirmedIn
Aeiparthenos
associatedDoctrine
Virgin Birth of Jesus
distinguishedFrom
Saint Mary
doctrine
St Mary ("Perpetual Virginity of Mary (in Catholic and Orthodox doctrine)")
doctrineAssociated

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