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To: ealgeone

You still do not understand “virgin birth”, just like your opinions and misunderstandings of the teachings of the Catholic Church as preached verbally by Jesus Christ and the apostles and later written in the books of the Bible.

The Prayer Of Mary

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior
for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed:
the Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his Name.

He has mercy on those who fear him
in every generation.
He has shown the strength of his arm,
he has scattered the proud in their conceit.

He has cast down the mighty from their thrones,
and has lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent away empty.

He has come to the help of his servant Israel
for he remembered his promise of mercy,
the promise he made to our fathers,
to Abraham and his children forever.

(Lk 1:46-55)


242 posted on 01/13/2018 12:16:33 PM PST by ADSUM
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To: ADSUM
You still do not understand “virgin birth”,

Unless you have another definition of "virgin", I think we've agreed it means, in this case, that Mary became pregnant through the actions of the Holy Spirit.

just like your opinions and misunderstandings of the teachings of the Catholic Church as preached verbally by Jesus Christ and the apostles and later written in the books of the Bible.

Well, for starters, the Immaculate Conception wasn't preached by anyone in the Bible, nor were the Assumption, Mary as "mother of God", Mary as co-redemptrix, Mary as advocatrix, infant baptism, the Mass in only Latin, the Mass, mandatory days of obligation, purgatory, etc. In fact, you will not find a lot of Roman Catholic teachings in the books of the Bible.

247 posted on 01/13/2018 1:07:57 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: ADSUM; ealgeone
You still do not understand “virgin birth”, just like your opinions and misunderstandings of the teachings of the Catholic Church as preached verbally by Jesus Christ and the apostles and later written in the books of the Bible.

On the contrary, the prophecy says that a virgin shall conceive and bear a son.

It doesn't say anywhere that she'll remain a virgin through the birth process.

That's only necessary to support Catholicism's doctrine of the perpetual virginity of Mary, which is not ever even alluded to in Scripture.

Scripture is clear that Mary and Joseph had normal marital relations and other children as a result.

Just like the phrases *God the Son* and Mary, mother of God* are nowhere found in Scripture, neither is the phrase *virgin birth*

263 posted on 01/13/2018 2:57:01 PM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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