Protestants accept perpetual virginity mary
Luther affirmed Mary’s perpetual virginity. It’s a shame that many Protestants now reject it
Let's Talk about Mary as Perpetual Virgin
The perpetual virginity of Mary is a Marian doctrine taught by the Catholic Church and held by a also accepts the perpetual virginity of Mary by titling her the " Ever Virgin", after the "Second Heaven". Some early Protestant reformers such as Martin Luther supported the doctrine, and founder figures of Anglicanism such as .
Description:The Wedding of Mary and Joseph, by an unknown artist Brooklyn Museum, public domain The Reformers understood that Mary's status protects Christian beliefs about Jesus Which famous theologian wrote the following? I firmly believe that Mary, according to the words of the Gospel as a pure Virgin, brought forth for us the Son of God, and in childbirth and after childbirth forever remained a pure, intact Virgin. Luther defended the dogma after being excommunicated. Calvin is more difficult to pin down. Leithart claims that Joseph did not have sex with Mary during her pregnancy because the temporary presence of Jesus within her body rendered it holy, like the Temple in the Old Testament.
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