Well, as far as I can tell, the church usually refers back to St. Jerome’s response to Helvidius on this issue. He wrote this response around the year 383.
How do you explain the times “until” in the bible being used?
There are many times the word ‘until’ is used in the Bible which specifically do NOT imply any sort of change after a certain mentioned event.
If I say I’m not going to drink another beer until the day I die does that mean I will start drinking beer after I die??
The example I like is Acts 8:40:You got it Lily M! I think there are even more occasions… Like after the flood(as you mention in Eg3?)
They're not trying to convince you of anything:) You asked an honest question, and we explained our belief. Whether you accept the perpetual virginity of our Lady is for you to discern.
This post does not offer the Catholic viewpoint. This is not what the Church says.It’s a very badly written story used to attempt to fullfill prophecy and embrace current cultural norms about the concept of virginity(divine, pure). It was written after the fact. Mary like all human females, had sex and gave birth.
It’s a story, used to represent meaning, not something you have to take as an historical fact.
Either that, or God would confuse humanity, by allowing previous mythical stories that talked about virgin births(in other religions) to exist, THEN claim this was the only true actual virgin birth, then present humanity with the uncomfortable notion of a sperm and an egg(which they didn’t know about back then), and then expect us all to figure it out, or be unfaithful if we sat there and thought about it for a moment.
Yeah…it’s a story, written to describe the divinity of a man that people called the christ. Don’t take it as an historical fact.
Well , Mary doesn’t nothing from your enumeration . She’s not a ordinary women , so you can judge or classify , Mary is the Holy Mother of God , not because I’m saying so , it’s because that’s the way Mary was from Her Immaculate Conception , to Holy Nativity and ending with Her Holy Assumption.
Well , it’s a historical fact Divinity of Jesus Christ !Yeah…it’s a story, written to describe the divinity of a man that people called the christ. Don’t take it as an historical fact.
The only thing my non catholic friends can come up with to convince me that Mary was not ever virgin was not convincing at all. They tell me it is normal for married people to have sex, and would be abnormal if they did not. I say, its not normal for married people to be parents of the Son of God either, and have angels appear to both parents at different times to explain what would happen to them.
You seem to be so sure it is only a story. How many other stories have you read that were written around the time that these events took place?It’s a very badly written story used to attempt to fullfill prophecy and embrace current cultural norms about the concept of virginity(divine, pure). It was written after the fact. Mary like all human females, had sex and gave birth.
It’s a story, used to represent meaning, not something you have to take as an historical fact.
Either that, or God would confuse humanity, by allowing previous mythical stories that talked about virgin births(in other religions) to exist, THEN claim this was the only true actual virgin birth, then present humanity with the uncomfortable notion of a sperm and an egg(which they didn’t know about back then), and then expect us all to figure it out, or be unfaithful if we sat there and thought about it for a moment.
Yeah…it’s a story, written to describe the divinity of a man that people called the christ. Don’t take it as an historical fact.
ALL human females have had sex and given birth? Really? Even the baby females? Even the infertile females? Even the nuns vowed to chastity?
I am guessing either that was a typo, or the poster expressing that view is into a new age thing. Some kind of goddess worship stuff I am guessing.
Obviously you are not a Christian as you have no clue what you are talking about!It’s a very badly written story used to attempt to fullfill prophecy and embrace current cultural norms about the concept of virginity(divine, pure). It was written after the fact. Mary like all human females, had sex and gave birth.
It’s a story, used to represent meaning, not something you have to take as an historical fact.
Either that, or God would confuse humanity, by allowing previous mythical stories that talked about virgin births(in other religions) to exist, THEN claim this was the only true actual virgin birth, then present humanity with the uncomfortable notion of a sperm and an egg(which they didn’t know about back then), and then expect us all to figure it out, or be unfaithful if we sat there and thought about it for a moment.
Yeah…it’s a story, written to describe the divinity of a man that people called the christ. Don’t take it as an historical fact.
Yes that’s true, Dameedna was there when it happened:ehh: That’s how she knows it for a fact.It was written after the fact. Mary like all human females, had sex and gave birth.
