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To: metmom
Scripture does say Jesus had brothers and sisters. There is no way to read those verses as anything other than Mary's and Joseph's children

The way to read these verses is to understand what "brother" and "sister" meant to the speaker, and it did not necessarily mean biological offspring as we today understand the words. This is because we see use of these words in the Bible that clearly is not about biological siblings, e.g. Lot and Abram, or the children of Mary of Cleophas.

On the other hand, that "this is my body" and "my flesh is food indeed" are insisted upon as literal meaning and the apostles understood them literally (1 Cor. 11)

7,193 posted on 02/24/2011 5:19:11 AM PST by annalex (http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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To: annalex

UNMITIGATED NONSENSE YET AGAIN.


7,196 posted on 02/24/2011 6:06:57 AM PST by Quix (Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
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