[Nickh]

Pyro7480 is posting from SCRIPTURE catholic.

Why fear the scriptures, the more information the better.

The question is incredibly simple - is Matthew 13:55 referring to a term that always and only refers to a person’s biological brother and sister or did he use a term that is more inclusive of extended relatives referring to cousins, etc.

The original greek word is “adelphoi” which doesnt mean always biological brother and sister, it can mean cousin.

I think to be intellectually honest you have to accept that Matthew was not written in English and words have meanings and the most honest way to look at it is to go back to the original greek. By ignoring the original Greek and the meaning of the original greek you “are twisting it to fit (your) manmade (errant) dogma,” i.e. that Mary was not a perpetual virgin.

[Iscool]

I think to be intellectually honest you have to accept that Matthew was not written in English and words have meanings and the most honest way to look at it is to go back to the original greek. By ignoring the original Greek and the meaning of the original greek you “are twisting it to fit (your) manmade (errant) dogma,” i.e. that Mary was not a perpetual virgin.

You don't have the original Greek...You have never seen the original Greek...You don't know anyone who has ever seen the original Greek...Any more intellectual questions???