02-21-2019, 11:24 PM
At the risk of taking this further off-topic, I'm going to seize this opportunity to ask you about something, Jude, that has had me puzzled. (Because I like the way you explain the Catholic view of things):
I was surprised when I was present at a conversation between a Protestant and a Catholic who were arguing about whether Jesus had biological brothers and sisters. I had no idea at the time that Protestants and Catholics differed on this issue: That Catholics said that Jesus' mother Mary never had any other children by her husband Joseph, but that Protestants said she had and that Jesus' siblings were mentioned in the gospels. The Catholic was actually offended by the Protestant even suggesting that Mary might have had any sexual relations with Joseph.
Was this an atypical argument that I just stumbled across and witnessed, or is there really a serious disagreement between Protestants and Catholics about whether Jesus had any biological siblings?
I was surprised when I was present at a conversation between a Protestant and a Catholic who were arguing about whether Jesus had biological brothers and sisters. I had no idea at the time that Protestants and Catholics differed on this issue: That Catholics said that Jesus' mother Mary never had any other children by her husband Joseph, but that Protestants said she had and that Jesus' siblings were mentioned in the gospels. The Catholic was actually offended by the Protestant even suggesting that Mary might have had any sexual relations with Joseph.
Was this an atypical argument that I just stumbled across and witnessed, or is there really a serious disagreement between Protestants and Catholics about whether Jesus had any biological siblings?
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