Monday, October 26, 2015
Youcat commented through CCC - Question n. 81.
(Youcat
answer) No. Jesus is the only son of Mary in the physical sense.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 500)
Against this doctrine the objection is sometimes raised that the Bible mentions
brothers and sisters of Jesus (Cf. Mk 3:31-35; 6:3; 1 Cor 9:5; Gal 1:19). The
Church has always understood these passages as not referring to other children
of the Virgin Mary. In fact James and Joseph, "brothers of Jesus",
are the sons of another Mary, a disciple of Christ, whom St. Matthew
significantly calls "the other Mary" (Mt 13:55; 28:1; cf. Mt 27:56).
They are close relations of Jesus, according to an Old Testament expression
(Cf. Gen 13:8; 14:16; 29:15; etc.).
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) Even in the
early Church, Mary’s perpetual virginity was assumed, which rules out the
possibility of Jesus having brothers and sisters from the same mother. In
Aramaic, Jesus’ mother tongue, there is only one word for sibling and cousins.
When the Gospels speak about the “brothers and sisters” of Jesus (for instance,
in Mk 3:31-35), they are referring to Jesus’ close relatives.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 510)
Mary "remained a virgin in conceiving her Son, a virgin in giving birth to
him, a virgin in carrying him, a virgin in nursing him at her breast, always a
virgin" (St. Augustine, Serm.
186, 1: PL 38, 999): with her whole being she is "the handmaid of the
Lord" (Lk 1:38).
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