[ealgeone]

I'm not hanging my hat on Tertullian as you suggest. I posted the info to show the claim that it was always believed Mary remained a virgin to be a false claim. There was no 100% agreement on this issue

So are you willing to concede authority to the Greek church and take it away from Rome??

[Claud]

I posted the info to show the claim that it was always believed Mary remained a virgin to be a false claim.

If the characterization of Tertullian is found to be correct then yes, I will admit that it is not true to say that "everyone" believed it. So we're down to "almost everyone".

I'm just not sure how we get from "almost everyone accepted it" to how it's being treated here--like it's an abominable heresy.

Will you concede, at least, the ever-virginity of Mary is a theological proposition that may be held by a Christian? That it is not heretical?