You wrote:
“Quite different from merely asserting, quite Biblically, that Mary was not a perpetual virgin—that according to Scripture, she had other children.”
Actually the Bible never once says Mary had other children. Please don’t say that the “brethren” or “sisters” mentioned prove Mary had other children. Christians with exception always believed they were not Mary’s and not full brothers and sisters of Jesus. It is noteworthy that no other person is actually said to be Mary’s child. No one.
I think we have very different Bibles and very different dictionaries.
However . . . cheers.
Heading for bed.