NeoScholasticism
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Superhero Sam,
I'm not sure I follow your argument, if it is something like this:
(1) One should dismiss the arguments of those who hold at least some erroneous views on important matters.
(2) The Church Fathers have held at least some erroneous views on important matters.
(3) Therefore, one should dismiss the arguments of the Church Fathers.
The first premise is strong, and probably you are not holding it. It is likely the case that almost everyone has some erroneous views on some important matters, including almost everyone on this forum. But you seem to have no qualms in engaging in dialogue with some people here, without dismissing their arguments (or at least you appear not to). Why should one dismiss the Church Fathers' arguments on account of (1) but not dismiss other correspondents' arguments? Conversely, if you do not believe your correspondents' argument should be dismissed out of hand, though they seem to you to hold at least some erroneous views on important matters, why not believe that the arguments of the Church Fathers should not be dismissed out of hand, though they too seem to you to hold at least some erroneous views on important matters?
It seems fruitless to quarrel over controversial facets of the Church Fathers' doctrine unrelated to the Perpetual Virginity, since the whole reason such facets were brought up, i.e. the first premise, may very well be wrong or otherwise misplaced.
In Sanguine Agni
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