Early Christians, of every persuasion, the ones the closest to the original faith chronologically speaking, and certainly the closest culturally, never questioned that—even those who later split from the Church, including Luther himself, believed in the ever-virginity of Mary.
The people who lived in the environment where the original Christianity flourished, and spoke the language of the Bible as their common tongue, did not have a problem with that interpretation, but people living in 21st century and reading tainted translations made 2000 years later, say the ancients did not iomterpret their own language and scriptures correctly, neglecitng to even akcnowldge that even today in the Mediterranea region cousins and step-brothers are referred to as borthers or sisters.
Matthew 1:24-25 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.
It clearly says that he had sex with her after Jesus birth.
Denying that is saying the writer of the gospel lied and that there are lies in the Bible.
What other lies are in the Bible? How do you determine which they are?
If the Catholic church wrote the Bible, and everyone *knew* that Mary was always a virgin, why'd they put that verse in there? Why didn't they say that Joseph did not know her even after Jesus birth and Mary remained a virgin the rest of their married life?