Talk:Pulcheria

Dioscorus

No mention of Pulcheria knocking out Dioscorus' teeth?

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I will be doing a extensive re write of this page. I have at least ten different sources that I will be using to improve the page.

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Hi I have done extensive research on the empress Pulcheria and have about 10 different sources. I will be doing a complete re-write of this page. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kpasby (talk • contribs) 06:39, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Substantiation needed

The sentence "Pulcheria claimed that she herself had given birth to God, and that she was the Theotokos" needs direct, authoritative substantiation, as does the sentence "Through both councils, Pulcheria devoted the last years of her life to the idea that she was the Theotokos, ...."

WilsonClark (talk) 03:09, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Total darkness?

This nonreliable source records Pulcheria's inaugeration day (Aug 25, 450) as a day without light and not an eclipse. Accurate with an original source? Should be mentioned. — LlywelynII 22:16, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Quotes

This article is largely made up of substantial quotes from other sources. They've been sourced and are explicitly shown as quotes, but they really do need some work to integrate them into the article. Sotakeit (talk) 11:15, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

I'm confused the part about Aelia Eudocia and Monophysitism?

First the Note linted to there, currently numbered as 33, seems to not actually anything about that. And second I thought objecting to the title Theotokos was a Nestorian thing?--JaredMithrandir (talk) 05:15, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Virginity

I question the claim that Pulcheria honored her vow of virginity in spite of contracting "a legitimate marriage". The implication is that the marriage was not consummated. My understanding is that in the Roman Catholic Church a marriage that is not consummated is not a valid marriage. Indeed, lack of consummation is grounds for annulment. This could use clarification.Bill (talk) 19:51, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

• The Roman Catholic Church did not exist before the 11th century. Dimadick (talk) 18:40, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

  It most certainly did. Perhaps you mean that it was not distinct from the Greek Orthodox Church until the schism of 1054. And, naming aside, the doctrine that a marriage that is not consummated is not a valid marriage was, as far as I know, the doctrine of the Church in Pulcheria's time.Bill (talk) 01:11, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

I just checked canon law. At least at present, in the Roman Catholic Church, a marriage that has not been consummated is valid but dissoluble. A marriage that has not been consummated is indissoluble. A marriage that could not be consummated, due to the physical inability of one or both parties, is invalid. So if the law was the same then as now, Pulcheria's vow of virginity would not invalidate the marriage.Bill (talk) 01:43, 20 May 2022 (UTC)