Question from Sarah on 1/25/2008:
Catholics believe that Mary Was a Virgin and had no other children, and also that she was a virgin even after Birth. Please explain this to me because these scriptures below directly contradict that belief. I'm confused...
"Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? "And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these things?" Matthew 13:55-56
"And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife, but kept her a virgin UNTIL she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name Jesus." Matthew 1:24-25
Answer by Richard Geraghty on 2/3/2008:
Dear Sarah,
The questions you asked about scripture come up very frequently in discussions between Protestants and Catholics. So check on web sites like Catholic Answers or on the EWTN backlog for a thorough discussion of these texts.
Dr. Geraghty
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