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The issue Here seems to be lacking Scripture, or cultural norms ( by law) among Jews.It does indeed make Mary your spiritual mother if you accept that you can be the adopted son of God. [John 1:12]. If you are the adopted son of God you are bother of Jesus Christ when "born again". Those who are "born again" are living when cleansed in the fonts of the Church are the eternally living sons and daughters of Mary. Those remaining sons and daughters of Eve will die in corruption, thus they are not living.
Yes, all of man's linage can be traced to a single individual, Eve. But this individual was found unjust and condemned to death, corruption. It's interesting that the creature taken out of the rib of Adam which was called "woman" [Genesis 2:13] reappears as the New Eve as "woman" [John 2:4; 19:26].
God is a person, three persons to be exact. Adultery is an immoral act between persons.
ADULTERY: Sexual intercourse of a married person and another who is not the wife or husband. Forbidden by the sixth commandment of the Decalogue, it was extended in meaning by Christ, who forbade divorce with the right to remarry during the lifetime of one’s legitimate spouse. [Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J, Modern Catholic Dictionary]
If Mary as the "handmaiden" of the Lord had engaged in such intercourse with Joseph, then both would have engaged in an immoral act found in the sixth commandment of the Decalogue. We know however Mary didn't sin so too Joseph as a just man.
Oh, she did declaring herself the handmaid of the Lord. [Luke 1:38] This is reinforced by the fact the Holy Ghost overshadowed her before taking Joseph as her earthly husband. A "state of marriage implies four chief conditions: 1. there must be a union of opposite sexes; it is therefore opposed to all forms of unnatural, homosexual behavior; 2. it is a permanent union until the death of either spouse; 3. it is an exclusive union, so that extramarital acts are a violation of justice; and 4. its permanence and exclusiveness are guaranteed by contract; mere living together, without mutually binding themselves to do so, is concubinage and not marriage." [Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J, Modern Catholic Dictionary]
They are indeed Catholic tradition however the evidence is found in Scripture.
And there you have it, being a just man "while he thought on these things, behold the angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost." [Matthew 1:20]
A just man wouldn't need to be told. Eck pointed out that the problem with Protestants is they have no fear of God. For Joseph to have intercourse with Mary would have been desecrating a what God had sanctified, a spiritual suicide.
Then the Holy Spirit isn't the Father of Jesus Christ? You can't have it both ways.
Let's see, the suggestion here is that Mary is just another milk sow?
Only because in you mind.
JoeT
The mohar (bride price), the Ketubah (later) was a contract (covenant), before conjugal relations. This is what was joining together as the wife of the covenant. Therefore betrothal joined them together, and she was not a mere concubine wife, divorcement bills were necessary due to the covenant (ketubah). Mary remained the wife of covenant (ketubah) in their joining as husband and wife.
Protestant ideas or Catholic matter not. What does scripture say? IMO, we see this same distaste for scripture with Abraham and Sarah. Neither was faithless or mistakes made in giving Hagar for a CONCUBINE. No matter how deplorable one may consider such practice. Are we to sit in Judgment of the law?
Mary was the wife of the Ketubah, making her distinctly a wife as an helpmeet in the covenant.
Abraham also took Keturah after Sarah's death. She also was a concubine. Sarah was the only wife of covenant no matter how many concubines Abraham might take.
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