by the power of the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mary, without the intervention of the man. The virginity of Mary guarantees that Jesus is real God and real man. The virginity of Mary was prophesised by Isaiah: " Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son" (Isaiah 7:14).The dogma of the Perpetual Virginity of Mary implies that she was virgin before, during, and after the birth of Jesus. In many icon, Mary's Perpetual virginity is signified by three stars that appear on her left, her right and above her head, which represent her virginity before,during and after giving birth.
In an attempt to explain deeper the dogma of the Virginity, the Protoevangelium James (120 AD) said that Mary remain virgin before, during and after the Birth of Jesus, and that they so called brothers and sisters of Jesus were the children of St.Joseph from a marriage previous to Mary.It is also says that the Blessed Virgin had taken a vow of perpetual virginity when she was taken to the temple to serve the Lord.It was while serving in the temple that she became engaged with Joseph, a widower,who was act as a protector of her virginity. However, the Protoevangelium is an apocryphal book, and as such it was rejected by the Church.
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