Matthew Chapter 13 Verses 55 & 56 list Jesus having four Brothers and Sisters (plural).
It is the official position of the Roman Catholic Church that Jesus’ mother Mary remained a virgin for her entire life. This in contradiction to scripture.
Only Jesus, the firstborn, was born of the virgin Mary who conceived Jesus via the Holy Ghost. Jesus had many brothers and sisters all of which were born after Him to Mary that were conceived by Joseph’s seed.
The Roman Catholic Church views Mary as "Queen of Heaven." Catholics are taught that Mary has an exalted place in Heaven, with the closest access to Jesus and God the Father. Such a concept is nowhere taught in Scripture.
Further, even if Mary did occupy such an exalted position, her having sexual intercourse would not have prevented her from gaining such a position. Sex in marriage is not sinful. Mary would have in no way defiled herself by having sexual relations with Joseph her husband. The entire concept of the perpetual virginity of Mary is based on an unbiblical teaching, Mary as Queen of Heaven, and on an unbiblical understanding of sexual relations.
It is the official position of the Roman Catholic Church that Jesus’ mother Mary remained a virgin for her entire life. This in contradiction to scripture.
As you should know, the word used to describe Jesus's "brothers" can also mean "cousins." So it's not clear that He did have brothers.
Exactly.
There’s a big difference between *firstborn* and *only* son.
Immaculate Conception
In 1532, Luther said: ‘God has formed the soul and body of the Virgin Mary full of the Holy Spirit, so that she is without all sins, for she has conceived and borne the Lord Jesus.
The founder of your church and the Protestant Rebellion said this. Will you denounce him?
Marriage without it sure sounds like a recipe for disaster!
... each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.
The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband.
For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does.
Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer;
but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.