Vows taken by a Jewish unmarried woman has already been discussed here,
post #755.
Luther, Calvin, Zwingli and Bollinger all taught the PVM. Are you saying the reformers didn't know their Bible?
Thousands of conflicting "terms" isn't going to help you.
None of these verses say "knew her
not". Your issue is not with the word "knew", it's with the word "until", which has been beaten to death in this forum.
Matt. 1:25 – this verse says Joseph knew her “not until (“heos”, in Greek)” she bore a son. Some Protestants argue that this proves Joseph had relations with Mary after she bore a son. This is an erroneous reading of the text because “not until” does not mean “did not…until after.”
“Heos” references the past, never the future. Instead, “not until” she bore a son means “not up to the point that” she bore a son. This confirms that Mary was a virgin when she bore Jesus. Here are other texts that prove “not until” means “not up to the point that”:
Luke 20:43 – Jesus says, “take your seat at my hand
until I have made your enemies your footstool.” Jesus is not going to require the apostles to sit at His left hand
after their enemies are their footstool.
Luke 1:80 – John was in the desert “up to the point of (until) his manifestation to Israel.” Not John “was in the desert
until after” his manifestation.
Luke 2:37 – Anna was a widow
until she was eighty-four years old. She was not a widow
after eighty-four years old.
see above.
Here is a challenge for you. Find one Protestant church before the 19th century that opposed the PVofM. It's denial was invented by Protestant modernist liberals and atheists from the rotten fruit of the Enlightenment Era. Your following a man made tradition.
A Protestant Defense of Mary’s Perpetual Virginity
"As an Evangelical, I had long regarded the reading of
Ezekiel 44:1-2 to support Mary’s perpetual virginity as mere 'proof-texting.' I thought the Fathers were beginning with this passage and then trying to build a doctrine of perpetual virginity on it. But the more I saw how the early Church (including the New Testament authors)
- linked the tabernacle,
- the temple,
- and the Body of Christ,
- and the roles of Mary,
- the ark,
- and the gate of the temple,
the more I came to realize that the Church’s faith in Mary’s perpetual virginity was not derived from
Ezekiel 44:1-2 any more than her faith in the virgin birth was derived from
Isaiah 7:14. . .
Jesus' "Brothers" and Mary's Perpetual Virginity
A Biblical Basis For Mary's Perpetual Virginity?
The argument that there is no explicit proof text for the PVofM is as silly as claiming Jesus didn't remain a virgin because there is no proof text. It's Duh Vinci Code theology.