>> To argue that the Catholic church teaches that Scripture is subordinate is false.<<
Then find Scriptural proof of the perpetual virginity of Mary, or praying through the dead.
Praying for the departed in heaven?
“For I am not a God of the dead, but of the living”.
They aren’t dead and we can ask them to pray for us just as we can anyone else. It’s no different.
As for:
“perpetual virginity of Mary”.
Show me evidence that Christ had blood brothers and I will be happy to concede the point. Scripture is silent on many things.
Scripture doesn’t go on at length about what Christ was like as a baby, or his childhood. Does this mean that he was never a child? Nor does it refer to Mary’s purported other pregnancies.
However it does say that Mary will be considered blessed, and it does say that those who choose not to have children will also be considered blessed.
CB,
Don’t know if you read this when it was posted on
FR, but it examines every verse in the Bible about
Mary. Very well done.
http://www.theignorantfishermen.com/2009/06/true-mary-of-nazareth-as-taught-in-holy.html
ampu