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To: Polycarp
I am not trying to pick a fight here; I am genuinely curious. Are you saying that the Catholic Church teaches (and believes) that Joseph stayed married to Mary for however long after Jesus was born and did NOT have normal marital relations with her? That such marital relations would not, in a time when birth control would have been unknown, result in other children being conceived? To me the notion is ludicrous to say the least. What would be the purpose of such a belief? What would have been the purpose of such a marriage? It boggles the mind.
422 posted on 11/04/2002 9:41:02 AM PST by dcwusmc
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To: dcwusmc
Are you saying that the Catholic Church teaches (and believes) that Joseph stayed married to Mary for however long after Jesus was born and did NOT have normal marital relations with her?

Yes. That such marital relations would not, in a time when birth control would have been unknown, result in other children being conceived?

I'm not sure I understand the question. If they had had relations, they surely would have had other children. Since they did not have relations, they did not have other children.

To me the notion is ludicrous to say the least. What would be the purpose of such a belief?

The affirmation of the Truth.

What would have been the purpose of such a marriage?

To provide for the care, upbringing, and instruction of the Most Precious Child on earth.

Is it entirely ludicrous to think that a man and woman who were informed by God that they would be responsible for the Savior of the World might be a bit, um, focused on the task at hand?

SD

423 posted on 11/04/2002 12:49:52 PM PST by SoothingDave
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