[Belteshazzar]

presently no screen name wrote:
“Are you saying that there are no Scriptures that show Mary had other children?”

I am saying that it is not certain, since the terms can mean cousins or half-brothers, i.e., children of Joseph, not Mary. If one goes back into the long, long history exegesis, pre-Romanist and Reformation era included, this was the nearly unanimous belief ... again, whether you like it or not. All else that Rome has done with Mary is another matter altogether.

pnsn also wrote:
“Are you, also, agreeing with the Vatican teaching she was born without original sin?”

No. That is contrary to Scripture, explicitly.

In both cases Scripture and Scripture alone remains the sole norm for Christian doctrine. Clear?

[Quix]

Seems to me you’re waving a lot of scholarship aside about the Scriptures about Christ’s blood siblings.

[presently no screen name]

I am saying that it is not certain, since the terms can mean cousins or half-brothers, i.e., children of Joseph, not Mary.

REALLY?

MATTHEW 13:55 "Is he not the carpenter's son? Is not his mother named Mary and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?"

If one goes back into the long, long history exegesis, pre-Romanist and Reformation era included, this was the nearly unanimous belief ... again, whether you like it or not.

I believe Scripture as the one above I posted. God is the ALL KNOWING, not man. Besides, I could care less what is considered an 'unanimous' belief of 'man' by 'man'. They are all subject to 'leaning unto their own understanding' - natural knowledge. God's Word is Supernatural as is His Kingdom. Thus, HE tells us His Ways or not ours nor our understanding. God's Word clearly shows Mary had other children. Those that are blinded by 'man's teachings' come to the Bible with preconceived ideas.

again, whether you like it or not.

One should never decide Truth based on likes or dislikes or prior teachings. I DON'T take Scripture and try to fit it into 'some other (denomination' teaching' or likes/dislikes......whether you like it or not. God's Word reigns.