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This is a very interesting discussion taking place here on several threads. But Mary’s personal life, post-Jesus’ birth, is utterly irrelevant to our Salvation.
The Bible is wisely silent on the matter, and I can’t understand why we bother taking up time and thought on this, instead of focusing on more constructive things.
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Scripture says that a virgin will bear a son.
She did.
Scripture was fulfilled, therefore, the necessity of being a virgin no longer existed.
why is this a topic of discussion?
what difference does it make?
All this dogmatic gobbledegook is for nutjobs
[p.s. here’s a hint the bible mentions Jesus’ brothers]
Another good one mom.
Catholics don’t believe in “sola scriptura” as fundamentalists do. If I recollect it correctly, a lot of stuff on Mary was not “settled” by the Church until one of the Pius’ in the 19th century made it dogma.
So this is an old subject with many contributing. Imagine a Freeper thread that lasts about 1800 years and you’ll have an idea of what kind of research you’d need to do to study it comprehensively.
With what little I know, all I can say for certainty is the few excerpts above probably don’t do the subject justice.
eph..they could have had sex the first night after their wedding..
But he waited until after she gave birth to Jesus and then after her days were fulfilled according to the Law of Moses
And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord; (just as it is written in the law of the Lord: Every firstborn male will be dedicated to the Lord) Luke 2:22, 23
Why was “her purification” important ???
Because a woman could not go out in public if she had a “sow of blood” and also a man was not to “come at” his wife until the bleeding was over whether it was her period or after the birth of a child...
the Bible goes on to say an angel warned Joseph to flee to Egypt and “he took the child and His mother and went” meaning the MARRIED COUPLE were living together in the same house..
Why would anyone make evil what God has ordained..
He was the one who designed sex and brought Eve to Adam and told them to have sex...
If God did not intend for Mary to ever have sex why did He bother to give her a husband ???
you still made a very bad decision.
Early during my catechism years we were taught Mary is a perpetual virgin and that condition was necessary for Jesus to be the Christ.
Mary’s Virginity...
lasted for about the time frame outlined in Leviticus 12.