(October 23, 2015 at 11:37 am)jenny1972 Wrote: Joachim (/ˈdʒoʊ.əkɪm/; "he whom Yahweh has set up", Hebrew: יְהוֹיָקִים Yəhôyāqîm, Greek Ἰωακείμ Iōākeím) was the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary the mother of Jesus, according to the Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican traditions. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the apocryphal Gospel of James. Joachim and Anne are not mentioned in the Bible.
Joachim not Heli was the father of Mary Jesus did not have any relation to David on his mothers side so therefore he cannot be considered the Messiah
unless Jesus was begotten by Joseph just as his geneology states he was and then he can be the Messiah promised in scripture , but of course then that would make Jesus human and not born of a virgin and not half God , but simply Gods servant and prophet as Jesus himself stated he was since 'son of God' only meant servant of God to a rabbi studying the OT as Jesus was
First, we're speaking of the Bible, not non-canonical sources or traditions.
Second, you need to read further about the tradition. From the Catholic Encyclopedia:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15464b.htm
the name of Mary's father, Heli, agrees with the name given to Our Lady's father in a tradition founded upon the report of the Protoevangelium of James, an apocryphal Gospel which dates from the end of the second century. According to this document the parents of Mary are Joachim and Anna. Now, the name Joachim is only a variation of Heli or Eliachim, substituting one Divine name (Yahweh) for the other (Eli, Elohim).
