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To: HarleyD
As Full Court argued, you will have a far more difficult time arguing with Matt 1:25 than I have with Luke 1:34.

Not really. It's been done before.

The ever-virgin One thus remains even after the birth still virgin, having never at any time up till death consorted with a man. For although it is written, And knew her not till she had brought forth her first-born Son(1), yet note that he who is first-begotten is first-born even if he is only-begotten. For the word "first-born" means that he was born first but does not at all suggest the birth of others. And the word "till" signifies the limit of the appointed time but does not exclude the time thereafter. For the Lord says, And lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world(2), not meaning thereby that He will be separated from us after the completion of the age. The divine apostle, indeed, says, And so shall we ever be with the Lord(3), meaning after the general resurrection.

-Saint John of Damascus, 8th century

5,980 posted on 05/08/2006 9:55:23 PM PDT by monkfan (rediscover communication)
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To: monkfan
Saint John of Damascus, 8th century

And is Saint John of Damascus any more correct than saint Harley of Virginia?

5,984 posted on 05/09/2006 2:24:36 AM PDT by HarleyD ("Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures" Luk 24:45)
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