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Do you believe in Mary's perputual virginity?
by azaras 12y ago
Do you believe in Mary's perputual virginity?
- marczellm 12y agoBased solely upon the Bible, I wouldn't. But for some reason the Church teaches it, and I guess they have very good reasons for that. Because of the issue having IMO absolutely no implication for my everyday life or prayer, I never felt the need to research what the Church has to say about it. Just like using a software library without reading the source code.
- burkesquires 12y agoCheck out #499 here: http://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/catechism/catechism-of-the-catholic-church/epub/index.cfm# http://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/c... As Catholic we also understand that not everything that Jesus said was written in the Bible, thus the Catholic Church, which Jesus Christ instituted, also includes sacred Tradition. thus we believe not in sola scripture (the Bible alone) but sola verbum Die (the word of God alone) which includes sacred Tradition. The Bible actually mentioned that not everything Jesus said is in the Bible: John 21:25 "But there are also many other things which Jesus did; which, if they were written every one, the world itself, I think, would not be able to contain the books that should be written"