Mary and the Birth of Jesus

[Discerning_Life]

Okay. Please understand that this question is not meant to be offensive but only biologically correct.

The Catholic Church believes that Mary is the ever-virgin…yet she gives birth to God’s Son.
Isaiah 7:14:Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

This is obviously due to some miracle.
However, anatomically, even if a child was conceived in a virgin, a woman’s virginity would physically be lost during the act of child birth. Therefore, Mary would no longer be a virgin after the birth of Christ.

Also, what’s up with the idea that Mary had a painless birth? Our Lady of Sorrows doesn’t even have somewhat uncomfortable labour pains? Really?

Thank you for your patience and I hope no one was offended.

 

[prodigalson2011]

I assume you are referring to the hymen being “broken,” and I think you are a little confused. Virginity is not, strictly speaking, a medical idea. The broken hymen has been widely viewed as an indicator of non-virginity, but does not itself constitute non-virginity. Virginity is lost when, and only when, some form of sexual intercourse takes place.

As to your second question, the reason is that she is without original sin, which, according to Genesis, is the cause of labor pains.

 

[Bezant]

Okay. Please understand that this question is not meant to be offensive but only biologically correct.

The Catholic Church believes that Mary is the ever-virgin…yet she gives birth to God’s Son.
Isaiah 7:14:Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

This is obviously due to some miracle.
However, anatomically, even if a child was conceived in a virgin, a woman’s virginity would physically be lost during the act of child birth. Therefore, Mary would no longer be a virgin after the birth of Christ.

Also, what’s up with the idea that Mary had a painless birth? Our Lady of Sorrows doesn’t even have somewhat uncomfortable labour pains? Really?

Thank you for your patience and I hope no one was offended.

You’re assuming that virginity depends on a woman’s anatomy (an intact hymen), rather than lack of sexual experience, which is the Church’s definition. An intact hymen has nothing to do with virginity. For one, men do not have a hymen , and secondly, women and young girls sometimes breach their hymen during rigorous sports, while some women’s hymens are intact even after their first sexual experience. Therefore the lack of an intact hymen has nothing to do with a lack of sexual experience.

I’m not aware if this is a church teaching or pious speculation. I think it’s the latter, but you should check.