>They did consumate their marriage and had other children
>(Matt 13:55-56). It was before they were married that >Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit.(Matt 1:18-20)
They did not. This is an error that Protestants have been pushing from a twitsted view of scripture.
If Christ really did have brothers then he would have given his mother to one of them at the cross rather then to the Apostle John.
It is the Catholic church that has been pushing a twisted view of scripture in order to sustain the false doctrine of the perpetual virginity of Mary. The Jewish custom they refer to as a sibling taking over the care of a widow refers to the widow of a fellow sibling, not to widowed mothers. It would have been Joseph's siblings, if any were still living. not Jesus', that would have an obligation to care for Mary.
"If Christ really did have brothers then he would have given his mother to one of them at the cross rather then to the Apostle John."
Maybe because they were to scard to appear in public to support their brother whom they felt was a nut.
Not necessarily. Why would he give her to brothers who did not believe, until much later, that He was the Christ? They thought Jesus was nuts. Jesus was the eldest, it was, until his dying breath, His duty to find the BEST care for His mother. James, Jude, Joses and/or Simon were not it.