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To: Texas_shutterbug
Or are you saying that there are other ways to lose one's virginity?

I'm saying that virginity is not only formal, but also material. The whole idea of the Church's belief that Mary remained a virgin in the very process of giving birth to Jesus, is not aimed principally at denying that sexual intercourse occurred during that process. Rather, it shows that the Church understood the material aspect of virginity, and not just the formal aspect of virginity.

-A8

215 posted on 12/05/2006 2:16:38 PM PST by adiaireton8 ("There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse." - Plato, Phaedo 89d)
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To: adiaireton8
What is to be understood about the "material" aspect of virginity? Can one claim that a virgin who is not a "material" virgin is any less virtuous than one who is not?

I think not in ANY way.

228 posted on 12/05/2006 3:26:08 PM PST by Texas_shutterbug
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