Kristos
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And it also implies she wasn't involved in any strenuous activity that can cause that or the myriad of other ways it can be broken without sexual intercourse...I've never considered (before hearing about this) that the Church considered that to be what being a virgin meant physically. It'd seem more likely that it would refer to the effacement of the cervix or something else like that since there are many ways to break the hymen other than intercourse (such as strenuous exercise like riding a horse or even a donkey for long periods of time).
It feels strange talking about this with the Theotokos.
I agree - it is a bit strange to put it in these terms, but the euphemisms seem to be a bit ambiguous - especially if we going to declare someone to be "in error" for saying this or that...
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