[metmom]

Many another Protestant has thought as you do, until he started reading the early Church fathers--Irenaeus, Polycarp, Augustine, Clement, John Chrystosom, Ignatius, etc.--and found to his dismay that from the beginning, Christianity held to the same fundamental truths about the Faith, which Catholicism still teaches.

Now, about Mary and all the stuff surrounding her......

What are the sources showing the early church fathers believe in her perpetual virginity, her immaculate conception, her alleged assumption?

[ottbmare]

I'd be happy to provide you with the references, if you're asking sincerely and will read honestly afterward. But I don't want to get into an endless argument with someone who will sneer, and just reject every piece of evidence out of hand. Shall I go ahead? Please let me know.