Really? Here are 13 quick Biblical references from the Gospels and Acts to the brothers and sisters of Christ.
I know the Catholic position is that each and every one of these references - in the early Greek the references are to brother - means "cousins", yet we find elsewhere in the New Testament where the writers USE the Greek words for cousins.
It's a point of dogma of the Catholic Church, and that is fine; however, to deny that the Bible does NOT suggest Mary had other children is simply denying the Word of God.
And how many refer to children of Mary? ZERO.
I know the Catholic position is that each and every one of these references - in the early Greek the references are to brother - means "cousins", yet we find elsewhere in the New Testament where the writers USE the Greek words for cousins.
No, they could be children of Joseph.
It's a point of dogma of the Catholic Church, and that is fine; however, to deny that the Bible does NOT suggest Mary had other children is simply denying the Word of God.
Except that the Bible DOES NOT suggest this.
Here are a few things to consider:
Where were these younger children when our Lord was left at the Temple?
It would have been unheard of in Jewish tradition for a younger sibling to question their oldest brother (read Genesis 27:29-40).
Why did He need to entrust His mother to John? Jewish custom was that the next oldest son would care for her.
Keep in mind that the major Reformers not only didn't question the perpetual virginity of Mary, they openly supported it.
Exactly. Thank you. I wanted to reply to that myself but didn’t want to get into another flaming war, LOL.