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The Perpetual Virginity of the Virgin Mary: Against Helvidius

A certain Helvidius said that since Jesus had brothers, Mary was not a virgin after his birth. He also maintained that this demonstrates that marriage is better than virginity. Jerome takes the opposite view.

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