Are Baptist Teachings About Mary Biblical?

We did not publish this web site with the intent of creating yet another apologetic for Catholicism, nor to persuade Baptists of the rich spiritual benefits of reflection on the Blessed Mother, Mary. So too, we will readily admit that official Baptist doctrines usually say little about Mary, other than that Jesus Christ was conceived and born of the Virgin Mary.

So why do we see a need to devote an entire topical category of this web site to Baptist Scriptural errors regarding Mary? Unfortunately, many of the Baptists that we have encountered exhibit a strange hostility toward Mary that seems to be related directly to their ambient hostility toward Catholic practices and teachings. In particular, they have made the pretense that Mary had sexual relations with Joseph, and thus bore other children besides Jesus, into something of a shibboleth by which to claim that Catholics wantonly ignore Biblical teachings in favor of the traditions of the Church.

Mary has thus become a stumbling block in the evangelical dialogue between Catholics and Baptists. This is unfortunate, as there is not a single shred of valid Biblical evidence that Mary did not remain a virgin all of her life. Hence, we feel that it is important to point out the lack of Biblical grounding for these popular Baptist beliefs about the pretended sexual proclivities of the Blessed Mother.