Apparently it is the contention of the Catholic church that Mary the mother of Jesus remained a virgin before, during and after the birth of Jesus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15448a.htm
To coin a phrase.... isn't this stretching things a bit too far?
Do they think we are all stupid? (Oh, Of course they do)
2007-08-17 10:40:29 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, that's their actual belief. They think a girl was a virgin, stayed a virgin while having sex, was a pregnant virgin, was a virgin after having a baby. I went to the first grade in a Catholic brainwashing academy and all we ever heard was Mary, Mary and more Mary. I know that the girl just had sex with Joseph, was pregnant, had the baby, went ahead with married life and had several more.
I was expelled from that Catholic school.
2007-08-17 10:48:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
As a former catholic I still don't understand the need for Mary to remain a virgin after Jesus birth. I may be wrong but I think it stems from the belief that sex is original sin. Why else would they think she needed to refrain from sex accept they seem to hold her up in an unrealistic pedastel. It also begs to explain why there is mention of Jesus brothers in the new testament.
2007-08-17 11:08:48 · answer #2 · answered by Edward J 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You mean that Joseph was married to some young hottie (she is refered to as "fair" if I remember correctly..), and they NEVER did it???? I'm pretty sure they didn't do it while she was pregnant with Jesus, but after?? Sorry if I sound kinda skeptical, but... They WERE married.
Sorry, I don't believe it either.
As Miranda J said, according to Jewish law at the time, any woman who was sexually abstinant before her wedding and was completely manogamous after, only doing it with her husband, was considered a virgin.... So if that's accurate, then she was a virgin her whole life....
I heard that Jesus had at least 2 brothers and multiple sisters. The original Greek text of Galations 1:19 implies that "James, the Lord's brother" had the same parents... or at least that they were raised by the same couple...
2007-08-17 11:12:19 · answer #3 · answered by Yoda's Duck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard that one before, and yes, many people believe it. I don't, but then, it's really hard to believe that a woman who was married didn't have sex EVER with her husband. I do believe she was a virgin until after the birth of Christ, but it's pretty unbelievable that she would stay that way after.
In Jewish culture- during Christs time- a woman was considered a virgin if she kept within the confines of that marriage, meaning, she only had sex with her husband. So, by Jewish law, she was a virgin her whole life.
2007-08-17 10:52:23 · answer #4 · answered by odd duck 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Jesus had brothers thru his mother. We are not to worship the creature but the creator. Luke 12:2-3, "For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. THEREFORE whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and THAT WHICH YE HAVE SPOKEN IN THE EAR IN CLOSETS SHALL BE PROCLAIMED UPON THE HOUSE TOPS". Dont be quilty of going into one of these closets/confessionals and whispering in a man's ear your secrets expecting them to be hid from God because all whispered there will be told upon the house tops for all to hear.
2007-08-17 11:04:59 · answer #5 · answered by Elder Woman 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a virgin, Jesus was not conceived through human sexuality, so yes, she maintained her virginity. But, after the birth of Jesus, she and Joseph had a normal marriage and she had other children.
2007-08-17 10:58:11 · answer #6 · answered by Sharon M 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
yes their are some who see certain books in the Apocrypha as true even though the holy bible states Jesus had younger brothers and sisters. their is another apocryphal book that says Joseph was a virgin too and another which says when he married Joseph he never had sex again.
2007-08-17 10:55:30 · answer #7 · answered by manapaformetta 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hah nothing surprises me with the catholic church,they have gave the church where Angelika Kluck was killed a new coat of paint and new preist and its to be reopened,would you still go there to worship knowing that girl had been murdered there and hid beneath the church floor...........Oh of course it will also probably be blessed therefore all sins committed will be absolved.............
2007-08-17 13:01:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is pretty stupid....it says in the bible that Jesus was the oldest of brothers and sisters
the catholic church does not know that much about the bible....that is why we now have protestants and islam ( islam trying to understand catholicim started its own religion)
2007-08-17 10:49:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Who cares what the Roman Catholic Church or any say?
Is it not what God says that our lives hang on?
2007-08-17 15:01:18 · answer #10 · answered by James the less 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋