[TexasAg]

Anyone care to articulate why I must believe Mary was forever virginal in order to believe in Jesus Christ? Why would Mary’s perpetual virginity or lack thereof have any bearing on whether someone is saved? Seriously, if it turns out Mary had a couple kids, would that actually shake your faith in Jesus Christ?

[Salvation]

Do you believe Luther? Zwingli? Calvin? And many other Protestants?

[Salvation]

Aeiparthenos (An Anglo-Catholic Priest on Mary's Perpetual Virginity)
[Why I Am Catholic]: Because of the Protestant Reformers Beliefs On Mary
Catholic Biblical Apologetics: Mary: Virgin and Ever Virgin
Luther, Calvin, and Other Early Protestants on the Perpetual Virginity of Mary
Luther, Calvin, and Other Early Protestants on the Perpetual Virginity of Mary
The Protestant Reformers on the Virgin Mary
Zwingli’s’ Mariology: On Mary “Full of Grace”

[marshmallow]

Anyone care to articulate why I must believe Mary was forever virginal in order to believe in Jesus Christ?

HERE is a good place to start.

[RobbyS]

Well, it all relates to who Jesus was. Mary’s status is based on her having given birth to Jesus. If he was both God and Man, then she is obviously more important than if he was “just” a Messiah—which would be a prophet-king with a special mission