[xzins]

Dueling scholars.....always as fun as watching the water boil.

In this case, I don't really mind if Mary remained a virgin. It's possible.

But there's a legitimate argument on either side. I don't think there's a salvific issue at stake either way since Mary is not a co-redemptrix. Do you agree with that?

[redgolum]

Carefull, you just entered in to the minefield of Mariology. The issue of Co redemdrix alone will probably call out the trolls.

[redgolum]

Carefull, you just entered in to the minefield of Mariology. The issue of Co redemdrix alone will probably call out the trolls.

[NYer]

I don't really mind if Mary remained a virgin. It's possible.

If this is 'possible', then you must also consider it 'possible' that Joseph remained celibate as well ;-)

From Catholic Insights:

"Consider only the most obvious factor about the man: he was married to the most beautiful woman in the history of the world (because her beauty began from her sinless nature and thus surpassed all other beauty) and was therefore the happiest man in the world, but he lived in total chastity with her! We know from Sacred Tradition, the witness of the Fathers, and the hints of his life in the Gospels, that Our Lady and St. Joseph lived as husband and wife but that theirs was a marriage lived without sexual consummation: for Mary remained a virgin the whole of her life. "

[A.A. Cunningham]

Do you know that the word Coredemptrix is a Latin word which literally means with the Redeemer, not equal to the Redeemer? The prefix co is derived from the Latin cum which means with, not equal. The term signifies the Blessed Virgin Mary's unique role, as the Mother of God, Jesus Christ, in the redemption of mankind.