[teeman8r]

i do not see it as perpetual virginity.

once the messiah was born of a virgin, the prophecy was fulfilled. according to G-d’s law, siblings would have been expected.

go forth and multiply ...

[Salvation]

**i do not see it as perpetual virginity.**

You are getting false information.

[Salvation]

Many religious leader saw and still see a different point of view.

Perpetual virginity
Is the Perpetual Virginity of Mary a Biblical View?
Aeiparthenos (An Anglo-Catholic Priest on Mary's Perpetual Virginity)
The Early Church Fathers on Mary’s Perpetual Virginity - Catholic/Orthodox Caucus
The Heõs Hou polemic is over: Radio Debate Matatics VS White & Svendsen on Perpetual Virginity Mary
Luther, Calvin, and Other Early Protestants on the Perpetual Virginity of Mary
Luther, Calvin, and Other Early Protestants on the Perpetual Virginity of Mary

[DaveA37]

So what’s the point in arguing who is right and who is wrong? It was said, “go forth and multiply”, can we not take God at his word?

[Mercat]

There are a lot of Biblical links and directives to Mary. I recommend Edward Sri - both his Mary, a Biblical Walk with Mary and Walking with Mary.

I’m not on my computer and the iPad is more difficult to type on. I’ll try to share more this evening.

[Mrs. Don-o]

For Mary, perpetual virginity = perpetual fidelity.

Would Mary's lifelong fidelity to the One who was the Father of her Son, not have been expected? Would it have meant nothing to her, to Him, or to us? A fidelity which extended from earth to heaven, from time to eternity:

"The Spirit and the Bride say, Come." Revelation 22:17

John's Book of Revelation also tells us that she did have other children -- in fact, they include you and me --- because she is the image of Mater Ecclesia (Holy Mother the Church) and, as such, the mother of all believers:

Revelation 12:17 "...the rest of her offspring, those who keep God's commandments and bear witness to Christ." Since she had no other earthly children to care for her in her bereavement, Our Lord, from the Cross, entrusted her to St. John. What did she and John talk about in that little house in Ephesus, I wonder?