But then WHY did you did up an apparent FACT that your chosen religion teaches these things??
So; it appears to me (and possibly others) that you CAN'T find these things you 'believe' in your churches vast libraries.
Please don't worry about whether I or others can't 'understand' it.
You report; we decide.
Simple.
Just look it up, as better minds than I, as well as verbatim documents are right there. It really is simple. God bless you, Elsie, et.al., and have a good night.
And since when is a stranger's opinion on the internet the arbiter of what I believe?
And my Church is accountable to you (plural) because...?
I believe what the Catholic Church teaches. I choose to follow it. Mary is a perpetual virgin. Stating that does not interfere with a lack of marital relations; rather it is those who return persistently to the idea that it was otherwise who interfere where it's no one business but God's and Mary and Joseph's. Perhaps those so concerned with a literal interpretation of such things should enjoy a read of the Song of Songs and take that literally instead.