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Papias identifies this "Mary" as the sister of Mary, mother of Jesus, and thus as the maternal aunt of Jesus. [55] The Anglican theologian J.B. Lightfoot dismissed Papias' evidence as spurious. [56] [57] The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew, which was probably written in the seventh century, states the brothers of Jesus were his cousins. [58]
Catholics and Orthodox Christians teach that James, along with others named in the New Testament as brothers [b] of Jesus, were not the biological children of Mary, mother of Jesus, but were cousins of Jesus, [7] or step-brothers from a previous marriage of Joseph (as related in the non-canonical Gospel of James).
The Catholic Church defined that "brothers of Jesus" are not biological children of Mary, [2] because of the dogma of the perpetual virginity of Mary, [3] [4] by virtue of which it rejects the idea that Simon and any other than Jesus Christ God could be a biological son of Mary, suggesting that the so-called Desposyni were either sons of Joseph ...
The Jesus bloodline refers to the proposition that a lineal sequence of the historical Jesus has persisted, possibly to the present time. Although absent from the Gospels or historical records, the concept of Jesus having descendants has gained a presence in the public imagination, as seen with Dan Brown's 2003 best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code and its 2006 movie adaptation of the same name ...
Over the years the identity of Jude has been questioned, and confusion remains among biblical scholars. It is not clear if Jude, the brother of Jesus, is also Jude, the brother of James, or Jude the Apostle, son of Mary mother of James the less and Jude. There is an Apostle Jude in some lists of the Twelve, but not in others. He is called Jude ...
With the world's annual celebration of his birth mere weeks away, it turns out one of the most revered figures who ever walked the Earth likely didn't look like the pictures of him.
James, brother of Jesus. [2] Also called James the Just. [3] The New Testament calls him 'James, brother of the Lord' in Galatians 1:19. Note: along with a church expression 'James, brother of God' (Ἰάκωβος ὁ Ἀδελφόθεος), disputes have arisen on whether or not James was an actual biological brother of Jesus.
adopted siblings find out they are biological siblings (Courtesy Angela Laffin) Today, Victoria is a 19-year-old college student studying psychology and creative writing.