São João Crisóstomo
São João Crisóstomo · Opus Imperfectum in Matthaeum · séc. V
O primeiro comentário da Catena a Mt 1,18 examina o modo da concepção virginal. O Padre analisa "antes que se unissem" como estabelecendo que a gravidez precedeu qualquer relação conjugal, demonstrando que a origem é divina. O comentário foca na confissão cristológica — quem foi concebido é o Filho de Deus — mais do que na discussão sobre o estado posterior de Maria.
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Having said above, "And Jacob begat Joseph," to whom Mary being espoused bare Jesus; that none who heard should suppose that His birth was as that of any of the forementioned fathers, he cuts off the thread of his narrative, saying, "But Christ's generation was thus." As though he were to say, The generation of all these fathers was as I have related it; but Christ's was not so, but as follows, "His mother Mary being espoused."