The Reformers beliefs about the Virgin Mary and those of contemporary Evangelicals are like night and day.
To: Joseph DeMaistre
Under no circumstances would I ever demean my brothers and sisters who are Catholics, but there is no evidence that Mary continued her life as a virgin.
True, there may be no evidence that she wasn't a lifelong virgin, with the exception of Scriptural references to Jesus' brothers. But that is a powerful exception. If you accept the references to Jesus' brothers, you really have to do a lot of extrascriptural bending and spinning to make her a perpetual virgin.
Bottom line for me, with no disrepect toward other opinions, Scripture rules. Luther's opinions are extra-Scriptural
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12/08/2006 8:31:57 PM PST by
norge
To: Joseph DeMaistre
Thank you for posting those beautiful quotes about Our Lady.
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12/08/2006 9:40:21 PM PST by
diamond6
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To: Joseph DeMaistre
10 posted on
12/08/2006 9:52:49 PM PST by
Salvation
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To: Joseph DeMaistre
Luther, Calvin and Zwingli all considered Mary a perpetual virgin! Thanks for the thread.
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12/08/2006 9:54:44 PM PST by
Salvation
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To: Joseph DeMaistre
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12/11/2006 1:16:30 PM PST by
wagglebee
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05/31/2011 2:52:41 PM PDT by
Salvation
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To: Joseph DeMaistre
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