Then Mary was an adulteress.
Mary was married to Joseph, legally his wife, when the angel came with the Annunciation.
If she was God's spouse, what business did she have getting married to Joseph?
If she was Joseph's wife, and she was, how can Catholics call her God's spouse?
Oh, and can you give us a verse in Scripture that supports your claim? Show us in God's word where HE calls Mary His *spouse*, IOW, *God's wife*.
I see *Mary, mother of Jesus*, but nowhere did I ever see *Mary, wife of God*.
Besides, how can you Catholics call Mary *God's wife*? You all have her listed as His mother. Did God marry His mother?
Mary was married to Joseph, legally his wife, when the angel came with the Annunciation.
She was married to Joseph at the time of the Annunciation and was faithful to him in the normal sense, but she was a consecrated virgin faithful to God in a spiritual sense analogous to the way that the Church is God's spotless bride (Ephesians 5:25-32, Revelation 19:7, 21:2f). This is why she expressed surprise at Gabriel's announcement: "How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?" (1:34) It would not make sense for her to ask this question if she and Joseph were having sex after their marriage, because in that case the answer to how she would become pregnant would be obvious.
Besides, how can you Catholics call Mary *God's wife*? You all have her listed as His mother. Did God marry His mother?
In one prayer we more specifically call her, "most beloved Daughter of the Eternal Father, admirable Mother of the Son, most faithful Spouse of the Holy Spirit." She is the spouse of God's eternal aspect in a symbolic/spiritual sense and the mother of God Incarnate in the literal sense, just as Christ has a divine nature as the Son of God as well as a human nature as the Son of David (Romans 1:3-4).