{"id":40995,"date":"2019-11-16T14:56:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T18:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/?p=40995"},"modified":"2019-11-16T14:56:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T18:56:09","slug":"marys-in-partu-virginity-reply-to-false-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2019\/11\/marys-in-partu-virginity-reply-to-false-charges.html","title":{"rendered":"Mary’s “In Partu” Virginity: Reply to False Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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My article, \u201cBiblical and Patristic Evidence for Mary\u2019s \u2018In Partu\u2019 Virginity\u201d<\/a> was published in National Catholic Register<\/em> (11-14-19). I received the following feedback, and responded to it.<\/p>\n

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\u201ccowalker\u201d:<\/strong> Good grief. It seems compeletely insane to this elderly woman to even worry about the condition of Mary\u2019s thin piece of mucosal tissue that surrounded or partially covered her external vaginal opening before she became pregnant. This tissue could have been destroyed by various activities before she became pregnant. But who could possibly care if this tissue were subsequently destroyed during childbirth? There could be no significance whatsoever attached to this event. Except of course by some mad male who associates fantastical significance to the condition of the thin piece of mucosal tissue that surrounded or partially covered the external vaginal opening of Jesus\u2019 mother before and after his birth. Or the thin piece of mucosal tissue that surrounded or partially covered the external vaginal opening of his potential girlfriend. Obsess away, fellas, but don\u2019t puzzle over why you aren\u2019t finding women (including Catholic women!) interested in forming a permanent relationship with a man who is concerned about this factoid. Luckily for women you are displaying major red flags related to relationships that will warn away normal women, regardless of their religious affiliation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hi \u201ccowalker.\u201d You miss the forest for the trees. You<\/strong><\/em> are the one who is obsessed about mere biological facts.<\/p>\n

There could be no significance whatsoever attached to this event.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Really? The whole point<\/em> of an intact hymen (as in Catholic belief from the beginning, with the agreement of the Orthodox and even many Protestants, including Martin Luther<\/a>) is that it verified that Jesus\u2019 birth (i.e., the birth event itself) was completely miraculous<\/em>, and that Mary was a virgin before, during<\/em><\/strong>, and after Jesus\u2019 birth. The intact hymen is what is meant by \u201cphysical virginity\u201d and Mary being a virgin \u201cduring\u201d Jesus\u2019 birth (in partu<\/em>). That\u2019s how the word had been primarily defined for centuries, rather than simply \u201clack of sexual intercourse.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not about some supposed \u201cobsession\u201d with female genitalia. That myth exists between your ears. It seems to be all you can see or grasp out of this discussion. It\u2019s about the birth process itself being a further miraculous aspect with regard to the most extraordinary birth in history: that of Our Lord Jesus: the Incarnate God.<\/p>\n

But to play along with your mentality for a moment (which looks at mere biology and misses the entire<\/em> point of all this): if we \u201cpatriarchal males\u201d are supposedly obsessed with hymens, then God Himself is really obsessed and abnormal \u2014 and far more obsessed with male<\/em> genitalia, given the high importance He placed on circumcision (i.e., the foreskin of a penis). That, too, was simply a sign of being part of God\u2019s covenant (later replaced by baptism as the \u201cinitiation rite\u201d). Why God chose that<\/em> as a sign, I have no idea, but I know that it was not a result of obsession with genitalia. Such speculations come from those who are hostile to God, the Bible, or Christianity (even, sadly, often from within Christianity).<\/p>\n

So the two things (again, playing the game to show the falsity of the absurd charge) sort of \u201ccancel each other out\u201d don\u2019t they? The Church, the Bible, Catholics (along with the vast majority of other Christians through history) and God can hardly be both<\/em> \u201canti-female\u201d and \u201canti-male\u201d at the same time.<\/p>\n

This discussion is about the unique status of Jesus Christ as the Incarnate God. If all someone can get out of it is biology and genitalia (leading to ludicrous charges of sexism and \u201cmad\u201d males and lack or psychological \u201cnormality\u201d as a result), then I must say that it is a classic example of what St. Paul described:<\/p>\n

1 Corinthians 2:10-14 (<\/strong>RSV) God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.[11] For what person knows a man\u2019s thoughts except the spirit of the man which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. [12] Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might understand the gifts bestowed on us by God.\u00a0[13] And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who possess the Spirit. [14] The unspiritual man does not receive the gifts of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Related Reading:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mary\u2019s Perpetual Virginity \u201cIn Partu\u201d (a Miraculous, Non-Natural Childbirth) is a Binding Catholic Dogma<\/a>\u00a0(see also extensive\u00a0Facebook discussion<\/a>) [9-24-08; expanded on 9-21-15]<\/p>\n

Luther & Mary\u2019s Virginity During Childbirth<\/a>\u00a0[10-12-11]<\/p>\n

Mary Was a Virgin During Jesus\u2019 Birth (In Partu<\/em>)<\/a>\u00a0[9-19-14; slight modifications and additions on 4-18-18]<\/p>\n

Martin Luther\u2019s Belief in the Perpetual Virginity of Mary (+ Reformed Apologist James Swan\u2019s Belittling Contempt of Luther)<\/a>\u00a0[9-23-14]<\/p>\n

Mary\u2019s Virginity During Childbirth: Ott\u2019s Revision & Latin Analysis\u00a0<\/a>[9-29-15]<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Virginitas in Partu<\/em>\u00a0Revisited<\/a>\u00a0(Msgr.\u00a0 Arthur Calkins)<\/p>\n

The Virgin Birth of Christ \u2014 What the Church Really Teaches<\/a>\u00a0(Fr. Ryan Erlenbush)<\/p>\n

The Virginity of Our Lady In Partu: The Painless, Miraculous Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ<\/a>\u00a0(biblical, patristic, and magisterial proofs)<\/p>\n

[many more papers about the larger topic of Mary\u2019s perpetual virginity, can be found on my Blessed Virgin Mary page<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including \"Catholic Answers Live\" (twice), \"Faith and Family Live\" (Steve Wood), \"Kresta in the Afternoon,\" \"Son Rise Morning Show,\" \"Catholic Connection\" (Teresa Tomeo), and \"The Catholics Next Door.\" His large and popular website, \"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism,\" was online from March 1997 to March 2007, and received the 1998 Catholic Website of the Year award from \"Envoy Magazine.\" His blog of the same name (now transferred to Patheos), begun in February 2004, contains more than 1,500 papers, at least 500 debates or dialogues, and over 50 distinct \"index\" web pages. Unsolicited correspondence has indicated many hundreds of conversions (or returns) to the Catholic faith as a result, by God's grace, of these writings. Dave's conversion story was published in the bestselling book \"Surprised by Truth\" (edited by Patrick Madrid; San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994). Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. 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