St.Augusitne's Patrick

6)Perpetuity of Virginity of Mary. In being born of a Virgin who chose to remain a virgin even before she knew who was to be born of her, Christ wanted to approve virginity rather than to impose it. And he wanted virginity to be a free choice even in that woman who he took upon himself the form of slave.(Holy Virginity 4:4-AD401).
Heretics called Antidicomarities are those who contradict the the perpetual virginity of Mary and affirm that after Christ was born she joined as one with her husband(Heresis 56.[AD.428]
15)Queen Mary's conception and high status. That one woman is both Mother and Virgin, not in spirit only but even in body. In Spirit she is mother, not of our head who is our Savior himself- of whom all, even she herself, are rightly called children of the bridegroom- but plainly she is the mother of us because by love she cooperated so that the faithful who are the members of the head, might be born in the Church. In body, indeed she is the Mother of that very Head.(Holy Virginity 6:6 AD401).
Having accepted the Holy Virgin Mary concerning whom, on account of the honour of the Lord, I wish to have absolutely no question when treating of sins - for how do we know when abundnce
of grace for the total overcoming of sins was conferred upon her merited to conceive and bear him in whom there was no sin - so, I say with the exception of Virginn, if we could have gathered together all those holy men and women, when they were living here, and had asked them whether they were without sins, what do supposed would have been their answer?(Nature & Grace 316:42)