There's actually quite a bit in there. Some accurate, some

Posted on: September 4, 2016 at 20:50:13 CT

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It is true that the Church teaches that Mary was "ever virgin".

Of course, this is nothing new. There are a lot of writings from the Fathers of the Church that defend her perpetual virginity:

http://www.cin.org/users/jgallegos/virgin.htm

Mary was the spouse of the Holy Spirit & St. Joseph never would have had conjugal relations with her as that would have greatly defiled her under Jewish Law.

http://www.cin.org/users/james/files/talmud.htm

It also fits with the biblical passages where the angel tells Mary that she will bear a child and Mary is baffled, "How can this be"? She was already betrothed to St. Joseph, under normal circumstances she would have known exactly how she was going to bear a child, but the tradition has been that she had taken a perpetual vow of celibacy to God, which was unusual, but not unheard of at the time. Writings at the time suggest that St. Joseph may have been advanced in age and already had children and agreed to marry her despite her vow of celibacy.

If interested, you can watch/hear Trent Horn explain the doctrine of the Perpetual Virginity of Mary:

http://www.catholic.com/video/the-perpetual-virginity-of-mary

or Tim Staple's explanation:

http://www.catholic.com/video/a-defense-of-marys-perpetual-virginity

How We Know Mary Was a Perpetual Virgin
Tim Staples

http://www.catholic.com/blog/tim-staples/how-we-know-mary-was-a-perpetual-virgin-0

Some other more in depth writings of the early Christians:

The Protoevangelium of James

http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0847.htm

The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary
St. Jerome
Against Helvidius

http://www.clerus.org/clerus/dati/2001-02/17-999999/virginity.html

The Perpetual Virginity of Mary

http://www.catholic.com/topic/the-perpetual-virginity-of-mary

More Reasons for Mary's Perpetual Virginity

http://www.catholic.com/blog/tim-staples/more-reasons-for-marys-perpetual-virginity