Thank you.
A friend gave me a link to The Infancy Gospel of James, at Gospels.net and I read where Catholic tradition names Joachim and Anna as the parents of Mary. Matthew names Heli as Mary’s father.
The two gospels conflict, unless you could read Heli as another name for Joachim. As I trust the gospel of Matthew in all other things I will also trust him with this.
Thank you for taking time to provide the link, I do appreciate it.
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No, Luke 3:23 names Heli as Joseph's father.
Matthew 1:16 names Jacob as Joseph's father.
One possible explanation of Joseph's allegedly having two fathers is the Levirate law situation noted above.
Mary's parents are not named in Scripture at all. The Protoevangelium of James and other ancient sources name them as Joachim and Anna.
Sorry - I should have said Luke, not Matthew