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Mark Shea and the Revelation 12 Woman
Over at his own blog, Mr. Shea has provided comments on what he calls: “For My Money, One of the Weakest Arguments Against the Immaculate Conception” (link). One of the reasons its such a weak argument against the immaculate conception is that it’s not actually an argument against the immaculate conception. Someone with average reading…
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Joseph and Mary’s Marriage
On a recent Dividing Line there was a clip played taken from, if I recall correctly, the “Catholic Answers” show, regarding Joseph and Mary’s “marriage.” The caller asked (and I may be slightly paraphrasing) two questions: 1) Where in the Bible does it say that marriage is only valid when it is consummated? 2) Did…
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Response to Kelly Wilson regarding the Mother of Christ
Kelly Wilson at Kakistocrat has provided a post entitled, “Mary, Ever-Virgin (I).” (link to post) Mr. Wilson provides some rebuttal with respect to typical arguments against the theory of Mary’s perpetual virginity (arguments presented by his opponent, Mr. Schroeder), which I will address in turn. (1) Opponent’s argument “Matthew 1:18’s “before they [Joseph and Mary]…