[metmom]

You are entitled to your view, the weight of the Christian tradition stands against your views.

Only the weight of CATHOLIC tradition.

Which is not necessarily CHRISTIAN.

Catholics have an unfortunate tendency to conflate *Christian* and *Catholic*.

They are not synonyms nor interchangeable.

*Christian* does not by default mean *Catholic* .

*Catholic* does not by default mean *Christian*.

[CTrent1564]

metmom:

You are correct. I should have said, the weight of Christian Tradition confirmed by both Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Doctrine stands against you.

The tradition that you profess is of recent origin and more recent than even Luther and Calvin in did not reject the perpetual virginity of Mary. It was their followers a couple of generations later that embraced ole Helvidius’s view. Most of its proponents to day are found among street preacher types, and some of the more questionable protestant sects such as 7th day of adventist, pentecostals and the rural independent fundalmentalist protestant groups found in the rural parts of the US.