[Syncro]

....Catholics teach that consummation of a marriage is necessary in order to make the marriage VALID.

Thanks, you just proved that Mary and Joseph's marriage was valid.

Joseph pretty much knocked the stuffing out of that fantastical Perpetual Virgin thingie.

[terycarl]

....Catholics teach that consummation of a marriage is necessary in order to make the marriage VALID. Thanks, you just proved that Mary and Joseph's marriage was valid. Joseph pretty much knocked the stuffing out of that fantastical Perpetual Virgin thingie.

Nope, Mary and Joseph weren't Catholic when they married....married under Jewish law, I have no idea of what, if any restriction they were under....