“You’ve made an erroneous claim,”
Nope.
“and now appear to be resorting to Clintonian parsing in order to throw up a smokescreen.”
No, never. You made false claims saying I said things that I NEVER ONCE SAID. Ever. Anywhere. I never did that do you. I say what I mean and I mean what I say. I might ask someone a question that I assume does not represent their actual beliefs, but that is to clarify a point (either mine, or theirs).
I never said Jerome was wrong. Yet you wrote TO ME clearly suggesting that my belief was “Jerome is wrong,” I never said - or even thought - any such thing. My point has been consistent all along. The pope extrapolated about the New Eve. So did Matthew in 2:23. It’s just that simple and there is no other possibility because “Nazarene” appears nowhere in the texts in question. It’s irrefutable.
“No apology is required, therefore none will be forthcoming.”
Alright, then. You are apparently going on record saying that it is okay to make things up that a person never posted (never even thought!). Protestant anti-Catholicism really seems to struggle with the idea of being honest.
OK, so now Hebrew idiom agrees with you, Jerome was right and you are right too, despite your vehemently disagreeing that the prophecy primarily referenced in Matthew 2:23 is the reason Matthew calls Jesus Christ “The Nazarene.”
Riiight. Got it. /s