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Donna P:
These arguments are very useful for edification and for confirmation of something already accepted on other grounds. But they do not amount to a proof, either in the eyes of Catholics or of Protestants. (Ironically, the Protestant Huldrych Zwingli is one of the exceptions to this–he tried to use such arguments to prove the Perpetual Virginity because his strict understanding of sola scriptura wouldn’t let him rely on tradition.)
To support your claim you’d need arguments based on the literal sense of Scripture (for a refresher on one traditional understanding of what this means see Aquinas, ST Part 1, Question 1, Art. 10).
Edwin
Typology/allegory cannot be an adequate foundation for a dogma. That is the consensus position of the (Catholic) exegetical tradition since at least the time of St. Augustine.
These arguments are very useful for edification and for confirmation of something already accepted on other grounds. But they do not amount to a proof, either in the eyes of Catholics or of Protestants. (Ironically, the Protestant Huldrych Zwingli is one of the exceptions to this–he tried to use such arguments to prove the Perpetual Virginity because his strict understanding of sola scriptura wouldn’t let him rely on tradition.)
To support your claim you’d need arguments based on the literal sense of Scripture (for a refresher on one traditional understanding of what this means see Aquinas, ST Part 1, Question 1, Art. 10).
Edwin