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To: Former Fetus
The bible refers to Mary as the Virgin Luke 1:26. The concept of ever Virgin was written about ever since:

Great teachers of the Church from at least the fourth century spoke of Mary as having remained a virgin throughout her life:

Athanasius (Alexandria, 293 - 373)

Epiphanius (Palestine, 315? - 403)

Jerome (Stridon, present day Slovenia, 345? - 419)

Augustine (Numidia, now Algeria, 354 - 430)

Cyril (Alexandria, 376 - 444)

Martin Luther(lutheran church) was one of the biggest defenders of this concept.

37 posted on 03/17/2012 3:16:21 PM PDT by mgist
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To: mgist; Former Fetus; reaganaut
Martin Luther(lutheran church) was one of the biggest defenders of this concept.

I thought Catholics weren't particularly fond of Martin Luther. In fact, I've seen him condemned as antisemetic right here on FR. Tell me, are you standing against the anti Luther rhetoric?

159 posted on 03/17/2012 8:31:33 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear (No More RINOS!)
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