I have been involved in an excessively long discussion on the LiveJournal Orthodoxy board about the eternal virginity of Mary and whether married couples should have sex or not. Interesting, confusing and at times mutually conflicting points have been made.
Conclusions?
The Early Church seems to have been of the united opinion that Mary was the eternal virgin. I'm prepared to accept their view on that.
The whole thing about whether or not married couples should have sex, and whether monkhood is a better way to get close to God or not, opinion is divided. Once again, this seems to be an area in which Aquinas was right:
"To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible." (St. Thomas Aquinas)
1 comment:
Of course as early as 400 the thought arose that Jesus was born without even passing through the birth canal!! So just because the early church theologians were fairly united on an issue doesn't mean that they were accurate on it!
Love and hugs,
Kate
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