[MHGinTN]

I wonder, have you ever even considered that maybe these 'sons of Alpheus' can still be Jesus's younger sibling brothers from Mary by another father? well of course a Catholic cannot allow that to register as a possibility since catholiciism insists Mary remained a virgin after the birth of Jesus. I mean, Joseph is not hear of after Jesus's twelfth year so Mary may have predeceased Joseph and as a widow married another man and had children who would be Jesus's brothers.

Or maybe you know more about Joseph's life and death than non-Catholics and would like to show why this is not a possibility?

[blackpacific]

Why do you have to come up with these wild theories based upon nothing but post 1500 protestant conjecture? It is really sad. The Catholic Church has the history of the Holy Family from day one. It is an unbroken tradition. Why invent new stuff that does not simultaneously jive with sacred scriptures (your welcome), tradition, the early church fathers, the councils, the teachings of the Holy Father?

I think maybe the satanic desire to diminish the role of Mary the Mother of Jesus in our salvation and in the Church is the motivating factor here.