It does not. Pope John XXIII said she was!
The concept of Mary's perpetual virginity is not explicitly stated in The Bible. While the Bible does affirm Mary's virginity at the time of Jesus' birth (Matthew 1:25), it does not provide direct support for her remaining a virgin throughout her life. The belief in Mary's perpetual virginity developed within the early Christian tradition and is supported by some indirect biblical interpretations and theological reasoning.
The combined words "Virgin Mary" are not mentioned in the Christian bible.
There are four different Mary's in the Bible. Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary the mother of James and John (two of Jesus' disciples), Mary Magdalene, and Mary the wife of Cleophas.
Mary is more noticeable women in the Bible.
Lazarus had a sister called Mary. That Mary was not the mother of Jesus.
In the K.J. V bible , there is no mention of Marys death.
Calvin did teach the perpetual virginity of Mary.
October 16 - the feast of the Purity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The four dogmas of the Blessed Virgin Mary are the Immaculate Conception, the Perpetual Virginity, the Divine Motherhood, and the Assumption. The Immaculate Conception refers to Mary's conception free from original sin. The Perpetual Virginity affirms that Mary remained a virgin before, during, and after the birth of Jesus. The Divine Motherhood declares that Mary is the mother of Jesus, who is both fully human and fully divine. The Assumption teaches that Mary was assumed into Heaven, body and soul, at the end of her earthly life.
The Roman catholic church holds to the 'tripartite Virginity of the Blessed Mother (Mary) which would mean that she was a Virgin before, during and after the birth of Jesus - a perpetual Virginity. The term brothers of the Lord does not necessarily mean "biological" brother: cf: http://www.catholic.com/library/Brethren_of_the_Lord.asp However, non-catholic Protestant churches (especially Bible-believing ones) believe the Bible when it refers to Mary having at least 6 children, thus making James as the (half)-brothers of Jesus Christ:- Mar 6:3 MKJV Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at Him.
The Catholic Church's teaching on mariology emphasizes the unique role of Mary as the Mother of Jesus and her special place in the life of the Church. This includes her title as the Mother of God (Theotokos), her perpetual virginity, and her assumption into heaven. Catholics honor and venerate Mary as a model of faith and obedience.
Our Lady of Perpetual Succor College's motto is 'With Mary Lift Jesus'.
Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, was not called the Virgin Mary. The title "Virgin Mary" is traditionally given to Mary, the mother of Jesus, to signify her perpetual virginity and her role as the mother of God. Elizabeth was referred to as a righteous and favored woman who conceived John in her old age according to the biblical account.
Of course she is. Our Lady of Perpetual Help is one of the many titles of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
G. Stebbing has written: 'The mother of perpetual succour' -- subject(s): Devotion to, Mary,, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Perpetual Help, Our Lady of
Catholic AnswerThe Council of Trent addressed issues raised by the heretics who were confronting the Church at that time. It was probably the most conservative Council in the Church's history, as it did not address any new issues, only restated constant teaching of the Church. However, it only addressed those issues with which the protestants were objecting. The perpetual virginity of the Blessed Virgin was not one of those issues, all of the reformers believed in it fervently. It had been a constant teaching of the Church from the very beginning and no one, not even the protestant heretics thought to change it. Martin Luther was vehement in his defense of Our Blessed Lady. .The Perpetual virginity of MaryPope Paul IV, in his Constitution, Cum Quorumdam Hominum, of 1555, expressed the constant teaching of the Catholic Church concerning both the virgin birth of Jesus Christ and the perpetual virginity of Mary:We question and admonish all those who . . . have asserted, taught, and believed . . . that our Lord . . . was not conceived from the Holy Spirit according to the flesh in the womb of the Blessed Mary ever Virgin, but, as other men, from the see of Joseph . . . or that the same Blessed Virgin Mary is not truly the mother of God and did not retrain her virginity intact before the birth, in the birth, and perpetually after the birth. (In Neuner and Dupuis, The Christian Faith, 217. See CCC, pars 484-486, 496-498, 502-506, 510, 723 (for the virgin birth); pars 499-501, 507, 510, 721 (for the perpetual virginity of Mary))
1. Mary, Mother of God 2. Mary, the Immaculate Conception 3. Mary, the Perpetual Virgin
She perpetually helped people.