ANTIDICOMARIANITES

ANTIDICOMARIANITES, or Antidicomarianites, ancient Heretics, who pretended that the Holy Virgin had not preserved her Virginity, but that she had several Children by Joseph. See VIRGIN. Their Opinion was grounded on some Expressions of our Saviour, wherein he mentioned his Brothers, and his Sisters. The Antidicomarianites were the Disciples of Helvidius and Jovinian, who appeared in Rome toward the close of the 4th Century.