Farkasfalvy on the argument ex convenientia

"in Mariology sorting out arguments 'ex convenientia' is much more important than looking for compelling reasons of necessity."

Denis Farkasfalvy, "Reconstructing Mariology:  Mary's virginity and the future of Mariology," Communio:  international Catholic review 37, no. 1 (Spring 2010):  63n30.

Farkasfalvy on vocations

"while all shades of doubt about Mary's virginity in partu and post partum became fashionable and theologians grew more and more tolerant of such statements, thousands of religious communities, primarily of women, for reasons that are not very well known, suddenly lost much of their membership and began a painful journey along the road to extinction."

Denis Farkasfalvy, "Reconstructing Mariology:  Mary's virginity and the future of Mariology," Communio:  international Catholic review 37, no. 1 (Spring 2010):  57-58.