(March 17, 2020 at 10:13 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: How do Christian denominations differ on this? From what I know, it is unthinkable for Catholics that Mary ever had sex with anyone, even her husband, and probably because Catholics are obsessed that their clergy is abstinent, so they see married couple not having sex as an inspiration.
Although "Matthew" is clear on this and says that they had sex, like in 1:25 "But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus."
Of course, he says "consummate" and not like vaginal or anal sex, so maybe Catholics interpret "consummate their marriage" as drinking tea from the same cup.
But how do other denominations stand on this? I gather that Mormons probably think they had plenty of sex, with lots of kids because they are big on family and polygamy.
They had sex as Jesus identifies james as a half brother.
James was a son of Mary and Joseph and therefore a half-brother to Jesus and brother to Joseph, Simon, Judas, and their sisters (Matthew 13:55). In the Gospels, James is mentioned a couple of times, but at that time he misunderstood Jesus’ ministry and was not a believer (John 7:2-5). James becomes one of the earliest witnesses of Jesus’ resurrection ().
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