[bobjam]

Abraham was not impotent, but Sarah was unable to conceive- hence the “borrowing” of Hagar to produce a son. According to the criteria above, the Roman Church would not have married Sarah and Abraham because the two could not produce a child. But the Lord is Great, and Sarah was able to conceive even though men thought her to be barren.

Didn’t the same thing happen with St. John the Baptist’s parents?

[wideawake]

According to the criteria above, the Roman Church would not have married Sarah and Abraham because the two could not produce a child.

False. As I have said about ten times now, impotence is an impediment to marriage. Involuntary sterility is not.