>>So there is no firm date as to around when most Protestants switched from believing in it to not believing in it?<<
My take is that because my relationship is with God and very personal, I don’t think in “groups”. It is not about groups believing things at particular times. It is about individuals. And they change on a daily basis.
My wife was a STRONG Catholic until her late 30’s. She never heard of this “perpetual virginity” of Mary thing and considers it folly.
Your wife never recited the Confiteor at Mass?
“My take is that because my relationship is with God and very personal, I don’t think in “groups”. It is not about groups believing things at particular times. It is about individuals. And they change on a daily basis.”
I’m not saying it (as in when Protestants quit believing in it)is a point that has vast significance, or that you should be curious about it. It seems the early Reformers believed it, and some time after them at least most Protestants stopped believing it. I was curious about that.
“My wife was a STRONG Catholic until her late 30’s. She never heard of this “perpetual virginity” of Mary thing and considers it folly.”
It’s very well known in my experience. Did she think Jesus had siblings?
The only Catholics I could find who reject the perpetual virginity are liberals who are also into abortion, gay marriage and priestesses. Of course this doesn’t mean that Protestants who reject it are liberal or anything but it seems like it is a good indicator if you are Catholic.
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