“”Can a bride forget her jewels, or a virgin her girdle” (Jer 2:32). Always in this very prophecy it is said that a great miracle occurred involving this woman: The woman will surround the man and the virgin’s womb will contain the Parent of all.”
Jerome, Adversus Lovinianum PL 23, 267.
By the woman, St. Jerome means Virgin Mary and by the man he means “Christ”.
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References:
Gambero, L., 1999. Mary and the Fathers of the Church 1st ed. Translated by Buffer, T., San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
