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===The Protestant Reformers: Luther, Calvin, Zwingli===
===The Protestant Reformers: Luther, Calvin, Zwingli===
In the sixteenth century the chief Protestant Reformers, Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, defended the traditional claim that Mary had only one child, Jesus.
In the sixteenth century the chief Protestant Reformers, Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, defended the traditional claim that Mary had only one child, Jesus. John Calvin, in his ''Commentary on Matthew'' called them "pig-headed and stupid" who interpret the gospel of Matthew 1:25 to imply that Mary had other children. <br>See [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/calvin/matthew/1.htm '''Calvin's ''Commentary on Matthew'' 1:1-25'''].
*[[Martin Luther]] wrote that Mary was "a virgin before the conception and birth, she remained a virgin also at the birth and after it." (February 2, 1546 - Luther, Martin. ''Luther's Works''. The American Edition. Jaroslav J. Pelikan & Helmut Lehmann, eds. 55 vols. St. Louis & Philadelphia: CPH & Fortress Press, 1955-1986. Vol. 22:214-215)
*[[Ulrich Zwingli]] wrote: "I speak of this in the holy Church of Zurich and in all my writings: I recognize Mary as ever virgin and holy." (January 1528 - Disputation of Bern (Switzerland). The acts of the synod were officially printed at Basel, 1532, again in 1728 sad 1778. Both the original and a modernized text were issued by Lauener, Basel, 1830. Consult M. Kirchhofer, Berthold Haller, pp. 169 sqq., Zurich, 1828; Billeter, in the Berner Beitrge, ed. F. Nippold, Bern, 1884 (especially useful); E. Bloesch, Geschichte der schweizerisch-reformierten Kirchen, i, 74-81, Bern, 1898.
*[[John Calvin]], in his ''Commentary on Matthew'' called them "pig-headed and stupid" who insistently interpret the gospel of Matthew 1:25 to imply that Mary had other children—"no man will obstinately keep up the argument, except from an extreme fondness for disputation." ([http://biblehub.com/commentaries/calvin/matthew/1.htm Calvin's ''Commentary on Matthew'' 1:1-25]).
===Αδελφος and Αδελφοι: ''adelphos'' and ''adelphoi'', "brother" and "brothers" in the New Testament===
===Αδελφος and Αδελφοι: ''adelphos'' and ''adelphoi'', "brother" and "brothers" in the New Testament===
:[http://biblehub.com/interlinear/colossians/4-10.htm Colossians 4:10 '''ἀνεψιὸς''' ''anepsios''] <br>"Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, '''sister's son''' to Barnabas" KJV —"Mark, the '''cousin''' of Barnabas" RSVCE
:[http://biblehub.com/interlinear/colossians/4-10.htm Colossians 4:10 '''ἀνεψιὸς''' ''anepsios''] <br>"Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, '''sister's son''' to Barnabas" KJV —"Mark, the '''cousin''' of Barnabas" RSVCE
:[http://biblehub.com/interlinear/luke/1-36.htm Luke 1:36 '''συγγενίς''' ''syngenis''] <br>"And, behold, thy '''cousin''' Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age" KJV —"And behold, your '''kinswoman''' Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son" RSVCE[
:[http://biblehub.com/interlinear/luke/1-36.htm Luke 1:36 '''συγγενίς''' ''syngenis''] <br>"And, behold, thy '''cousin''' Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age" KJV —"And behold, your '''kinswoman''' Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son" RSVCE
:[http://biblehub.com/interlinear/luke/1-58.htm Luke 1:58 '''συγγενεῖς''' ''syngeneis''] <br>"And her neighbors and her '''cousins''' heard" KJV —"And her neighbors and '''kinsfolk''' heard" RSVCE
:[http://biblehub.com/interlinear/luke/1-58.htm Luke 1:58 '''συγγενεῖς''' ''syngeneis''] <br>"And her neighbors and her '''cousins''' heard" KJV —"And her neighbors and '''kinsfolk''' heard" RSVCE
==Absence of support for this doctrine==
==Absence of support for the doctrine that Mary bore other children==
The Protestant doctrine that Mary gave birth to other children after Jesus cannot be supported by ''sola scriptura'', by internal textual evidence of the usage of "brother" and "brothers" within the whole of the New Testament, by linguistic evidence from either Greek grammar or Koine Greek vocabulary, nor by evidence from the first three hundred years of Christian tradition before Helvidius. From all of the available evidence, the Protestant doctrine that Mary gave birth to other children besides Jesus appears to be an [[Eisegesis|eisegetical]] tradition of men added to the Bible. See [[Polemic]] and [[Libel]].
The Protestant doctrine that Mary gave birth to other children after Jesus cannot be supported by ''sola scriptura'', by internal textual evidence of the usage of "brother" and "brothers" within the whole of the New Testament, by linguistic evidence from either Greek grammar or Koine Greek vocabulary, nor by evidence from the first three hundred years of Christian tradition before Helvidius. From all of the available evidence, the Protestant doctrine that Mary gave birth to other children besides Jesus appears to be an [[Eisegesis|eisegetical]] tradition of men added to the Bible. See [[Polemic]] and [[Libel]].
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