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MysticChris
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Me and my protestant friend discussed whether Mary was a virgin or not. We used Mark 6:3 parallel with Mark 15:40.
Mark 6:3 -
“Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?”
Mark 15:40 -
“Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joseph, and Salome”
I argued that in Mark 6:3, the word “Brother” in Greek and Latin do not directly infer biological brotherhood and could mean brother as in closely related. I also argued that in Mark 15:40, there is only one Mary talked about when it mentions “Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James”.
He then argued that in Mark 15:40, the ‘Mary’ mentioned after ‘Mary Magdalene’ is Mary the mother of Jesus. And since it says that Mary was the mother of James, Joseph, and Salome, it cincludes that Mary was in fact not a virgin. He also says for Mark 6:3 that brother is used as in biological brother.
I am honestly confused as I have only just started studying theology this year in High School and it would be great if someone could explain this in a Catholic perspective because as Catholics, we understand Mary as Virgin.
Mark 6:3 -
“Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?”
Mark 15:40 -
“Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joseph, and Salome”
I argued that in Mark 6:3, the word “Brother” in Greek and Latin do not directly infer biological brotherhood and could mean brother as in closely related. I also argued that in Mark 15:40, there is only one Mary talked about when it mentions “Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James”.
He then argued that in Mark 15:40, the ‘Mary’ mentioned after ‘Mary Magdalene’ is Mary the mother of Jesus. And since it says that Mary was the mother of James, Joseph, and Salome, it cincludes that Mary was in fact not a virgin. He also says for Mark 6:3 that brother is used as in biological brother.
I am honestly confused as I have only just started studying theology this year in High School and it would be great if someone could explain this in a Catholic perspective because as Catholics, we understand Mary as Virgin.