Category: Helvidius

  • Response to Jerome’s Response to Helvidius – Part 4a

    Jerome wrote a response to Helvidius regarding the virginity of Mary.  This post is the first part of a fourth in a series of responses to what Jerome wrote. Jerome wrote: 4. Let us take the points one by one, and follow the tracks of this impiety that we may show that he has contradicted…

  • Response to Jerome’s Response to Helvidius – Part 3

    Jerome wrote a response to Helvidius regarding the virginity of Mary.  This post is the third in a series of responses to what Jerome wrote. Jerome wrote: 3. His first statement was: “Matthew says, [Matthew 1:18-20] Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph,…

  • Response to Jerome’s Response to Helvidius – Part 2

    Jerome wrote a response to Helvidius regarding the virginity of Mary.  This post is the second in a series of responses to what Jerome wrote. Jerome wrote: 2. I must call upon the Holy Spirit to express His meaning by my mouth and defend the virginity of the Blessed Mary. I must call upon the…

  • Response to Jerome’s Response to Helvidius – Part 1

    Jerome wrote a response to Helvidius regarding the virginity of Mary.  This post is the first in a series of responses to what Jerome wrote. Jerome: 1. I was requested by certain of the brethren not long ago to reply to a pamphlet written by one Helvidius. I have deferred doing so, not because it…