You do understand that ‘brothers’ here can be interpreted figuratively, to mean other relatives.
Unless, of course, you believe that all scripture must be interpreted literally.
Also, in regards to this:
“The prayer of a righteous man is powerful. Mary has no more power in prayer than any of the rest of us as in Christ we are the righteousness of Christ.”
Are you of the belief that as we pray for each other, Mary can pray for us?
Love,
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It does have other meanings but there is a specific word for cousin and relative as used in the NT. In this case neither of those are used by John in this passage.
John records in John 2:12 it was His mother, His brothers and His disciples that went to Capernaum.
Now we can play the brother can mean whatever catholic tradition wants it to mean game....but if you do that we will have to throw context and normal reading out of the window.
John, along with Paul, Matthew, Mark and Luke make it clear Joseph and Mary had other kids on their own.
Why this upsets the catholic so much still is beyond Christians.
Unless, of course, you believe that all scripture must be interpreted literally.
And context will determine what is to be literal and what is not. For instance....have you cut off your hand or cut your eye out after you've sinned??
Didn't think so.
No. She's dead and in heaven and people in that position are done with dealings on earth.