@ChrisCallsIt There is not a single Church Father who denies Mary’s perpetual virginity. Even the Protestant Reformers did not deny this doctrine.
Modern Protestant objections echo the arguments of Helvidius the heretic, whose claims were directly refuted by St. Jerome
@GrZmNkY09@joshwhitlatch I am asking for a single Christian writer from the first 1,500 years of Christianity who interpreted Matthew 11:11 to mean that John the Baptist is greater than the Theotokos.
Show me anyone who interprets the verse the same as you do…
@GrZmNkY09@joshwhitlatch Can you show me any Christian writer in the first 1500 years of Christianity who explicitly taught that John the Baptist is greater than Mary in an absolute sense, rather than simply saying he is the greatest of the prophets?
@joshwhitlatch@GrZmNkY09 Matthew 11:11 is a Semitic-style hyperbolic praise statement highlighting John the Baptist’s unique role in salvation history.
He is the final and greatest prophet of the old covenant because he directly prepares and announces the coming of Christ.
@GrZmNkY09 Where exactly is it implied that John the Baptist is greater than Mary?
The entire early Church treated her as the Mother of God and mother of the Church, while also unanimously teaching her perpetual virginity.
@BioticCommando2 You literally just made a post about the same things I did… I don’t follow him and he’s already blocked me.
But it’s good that his post is getting attention, it lets everyone clearly see just how ignorant he is, and that Protestantism is false.