(June 22, 2015 at 4:44 pm)Metis Wrote:(June 22, 2015 at 4:42 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: So James also was conceived immaculately?
Catholics don't believe James was Jesus's brother. They don't claim to know what he was but most say cousin.
It's got a fair bit of a case behind it, the word used for "brother" in the original language and context could just quite as easily mean any male relative. It's only really the Protestants who ignore the original context who say James was Jesus' brother, and even then many don't.
Yeah, I corrected myself pretty quickly after this misstatement of mine. I come from a Protestant background, and was taught that James was actually his brother by birth.
Funny how such an important person in the life of Jesus could be the subject of dissension. It's almost as if the story was made up ...