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tell that to the early protestant figures who taught of the perpetual virginity of mary using the bible.

A) Mary's perpetual virginity matters until now. - it is the truth. the church fathers, roman and greek, east and west, all taught according to the bible on the perpetual virginity Mary. even the prominent protestant leaders taught on it from the bible. These are all historical evidence and the...

actually, it is your personal interpretation of the bible and not what it teaches.

you just cannot admit ecclesial authority. you are your own church, your own authority.

the truth hurts.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains, Scripture calls the abode of the dead, to which the dead Christ went down, “hell”—Sheol in Hebrew or Hades in Greek—because those who are there are deprived of the vision of God. Such is the case for all the dead, whether evil or righteous, while...

we are not under the mosaic laws of dos and donts. it all starts with the free gift of God's grace. no, you are the ones insisting that we believed in salvation by works.

paul is referring to the role of good works once we are saved by grace.

osas is unbiblical.

A) hope you understand 'refraining from marital rights in the presence of something holy', an idea that pervades in old testament times. priests refrained from marital relations during time of service and moses told the israelites to abstain from intercourse when he went up to sinai. mary was...

jesus opened the door to all mankind that the individual who avails of the grace of his redemptive sacrifice can be to be saved. it is not automatic that once redeemed, one is saved.

A) it is arguing on the side of what is historical fact that in the early times, virginity and continence were highly regarded, not only for aesthetics but for religious values. B) Sorry but Jesus himself makes a defense when he said that “there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and...

not really. in redemption, when jesus died on the cross, he was able to unite mankind back to God and heaven was opened to us. mankind fell out of relation with God because of the sin of our first parents. jesus was able to take away this by his death on the cross. the gift/grace won by Jesus'...

everything starts with the free gift of God and this is grace, not faith, not works. it is only after being justified that our faith and works will play a role in the salvation process.

A) it's possible that Mary took her vow of virginity after she and Joseph were legally married as seen in her response to the angel Gabriel. B) vows or promises,, especially to God, is useful to man since it strengthens his will to do what is right.

'no' to both we are saved, not by faith alone, but by faith working through love, and all because of the grace of God. the bible says eternal life is given to those who do good works... Romans 2:6-7

1Cor3: 11 The foundation which has been laid is the only one which anybody can lay; I mean Jesus Christ. 12 But on this foundation different men will build in gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, or straw, 13 and each man’s workmanship will be plainly seen. It is the day of the Lord that...

No Christian should just shrug off celibacy for the sake of the kingdom. Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the Kingdom of God, who will not receive manifold more in this time, and in the age to come...

That is THE answer....as you yourself do not even meet your own stated standard. This is where you try and justify yourself by claiming that you keep God's commandments sometimes...and that is good enough. :rolleyes: are you implying the saved/justified will always keep the commandments?

yes but not faith alone. james 2: 24 You see, then, that it takes deeds as well as faith if a man is to be justified.