Now, when speaking of the Virgin, even though I do not know how he was born of her, nevertheless I affirm that he was generated; so I do not discard the fact simply because I do not know how it happened. You should do the same, then, when speaking of the Father. Even if you... Continue Reading →

“ “Who will recount his generation? (Is 58:8). Isaiah, it is said, was speaking of his divine generation. What, then, shall we say to Paul, who speaks of two generations and then adds “without genealogy"? He added the phrase “without genealogy” so that you would believe that he is without genealogy, not only according to... Continue Reading →

“The Son of God has no father and no mother. But how? Yes, he is without a father according to his earthly generation; he is without a mother according to his heavenly generation. For he had neither a father on earth nor a mother in heaven. Without genealogy. Those who foolishly pry into his nature... Continue Reading →

“Therefore he called it "Eden" or "virgin soil", because this virgin (the soil of paradise) was a type of that other Virgin. As the first soil produced for us the garden of paradise without any seed, so the Virgin gave birth to Christ for us without receiving any manly seed. In case a Jew should... Continue Reading →

“If (after Jesus' birth] Joseph had known Mary and lived with her as his wife, why would our Lord, on the Cross, have entrusted her to his disciple, commanding him to take her into his own home, as if she had no one else to take care of her? Why then, you ask, are James... Continue Reading →

“He himself has said what you needed to learn about him: that the Virgin was untouched by man until the birth. He leaves it to you to draw the obvious and necessary conclusion, namely, that this righteous man (Joseph), even after Christ's birth, refrained from approaching her who had become a mother in such a... Continue Reading →

22 All this took place to fulfil what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: 23 “Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son,and his name shall be called Emman′u-el”(which means, God with us). 24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took his wife 25 but knew her... Continue Reading →

“Joseph would not have remained so undisturbed, hearing from the angel the word "Virgin", had he not already heard the same word from Isaiah. For a man who had meditated at length on the words of the prophet, the miracle of a Virgin Mother ceased to seem novel and became something familiar.” John Chrysostom, Homily... Continue Reading →

“If she had not been a virgin, there would have been no sign, since a sign has to be something out of the ordinary and beyond the laws of nature, something new and unexpected, something that makes an impression on those who see it and hear of it. That is why it is called a... Continue Reading →