The new creation born of the Virgin

If a Jew asks you how the Virgin could give birth, answer him this: "How can a virgin land make plants grow?” Indeed, in Hebrew "Eden" means virgin land. A virgin drove us out of paradise; thanks to another virgin we have found eternal life.

As he was born from the inviolate womb of the Virgin, so he rose from a closed tomb. Just as his birth did not cause the Virgin Mary to lose her virginity, so his Resurrection did not break the seals of the tomb.

Saint John Chrysostom (d. 407)

Excerpt from his Thoughts