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To: plain talk

Incorrect as regards to Catholics. Catholics do not believe Mary remained a virgin all her life. Correct that Catholics, unlike Protestants, don't believe Jesus had younger siblings. The author of the article doesn't really understand Christian dogma, regardless of denomination.


9 posted on 07/22/2005 2:41:55 PM PDT by spyone
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To: spyone
Catholics do not believe Mary remained a virgin all her life.

Incorrect. The belief in the perpetual virginity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a tenet of Catholicism and was also shared by Calvin, Luther and Zwingli.

The belief that the Blessed Virgin Mary was not a perpetual virgin is a relatively novel one amongst protestants.

18 posted on 07/22/2005 2:49:30 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
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Sorry, not so. The dogma of the Perpetual Virginity was promulgated by the Council of Chalcedon in 451 AD, and so is binding on all Roman Catholics.


48 posted on 07/22/2005 8:45:43 PM PDT by John Locke
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