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Saints Basil the Great, John Chrysostom and Gregory the Theologian (icon), Russian icon painter

Homily on the Holy Nativity of Christ, 5

Russian icon painter, Saints Basil the Great, John Chrysostom and Gregory the Theologian (icon), 2-я четверть XIX · Public domainRussian icon painter, Saints Basil the Great, John Chrysostom and Gregory the Theologian (icon), 2-я четверть XIX

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Homily on the Holy Nativity of Christ, 5 — as quoted by Pitre (p 113)

Those who love Christ refuse to hear that the Mother of God ceased to be a virgin at a particular moment.

No freely usable English translation of this passage is online, so the note keeps Pitre's quotation and links to the full text. Translation: as quoted by Pitre (via Gambero, Mary and the Fathers of the Church).

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'Those who love Christ refuse to hear that the Mother of God ceased to be a virgin at a particular moment.' Basil shows the perpetual virginity treated as a mark of orthodoxy.

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