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Mary is a virgin because her virginity is the sign of her faith "unadulterated by any doubt", and of her undivided gift of herself to God's will.¹⁶⁸ LG 63; cf. l Cor 7:34-35. It is her faith that enables her to become the mother of the Saviour: "Mary is more blessed because she embraces faith in Christ than because she conceives the flesh of Christ."¹⁶⁹ St. Augustine, De virg. 3: PL 40, 398PL — Patrologia Latina (Migne).