In the Gospel of James, a woman’s hand decays after denying this idea. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this idea recognized by the title of Aeiparthenos in Orthodox belief and promoted by the second of four dogmas from the Council of Ephesus. This idea means that Simon and Jude were not biological brothers of a certain figure.
ANSWER: virginity of Mary [accept descriptions of Mary being a virgin; accept the Virgin Mary; accept the perpetual virginity; accept virgin birth of Jesus; prompt on virginity with “Of who?”]
[10e] Scholars debate whether or not Jesus’s brothers were the children from a previous marriage of this carpenter and husband of Mary.
ANSWER: St. Joseph [reject “Joseph of Arimathea”]
[10h] This saint helped canonize the perpetual virginity by rejecting Jovinian’s ideas at the Synod of Milan in 390 CE. St. Augustine converted from Manichaeism after hearing this saint speak.
ANSWER: St. Ambrose
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