Apparently, the interpretation St. Jerome went with is that, it would have to have two possible meanings: either the phrase “they did not have sex until she gave birth to a [firstborn] son” does not preclude Mary staying a virgin (note that even an only child is still technically a firstborn), or that this meant that Joseph would have had to have seen Mary, blood-soaked, exhausted, and covered with all the viscera and effluvia that comes from childbirth (and he gives a pretty graphic description) and decided to fuck her immediately.
No, this is not a good counter argument, but it’s what they have.
No, this is not a good counter argument, but it’s what they have.
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.
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I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
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I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.