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My life was marked by persecution and affronts due to unconventional biblical explanations. The traditionalists hate me, but those who hate me the most are the neo-evangelicals. Joseph was qualified as "son of David", "righteous" and he talked with angels. I'm not going to defend his dulian...

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The Bible states that Joseph was righteous. Therefore, any interpretation of Joseph’s actions must highlight his righteousness.

If you consider the behavior you explained about Joseph towards Mary as fair, there will be no problems.

I do not interpret the word authority in the text as the person, but the function.

1 Samuel 16:11-12 KJV And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither. And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was...

For instance, consider the genealogy presented in Matthew 1. It includes four Jewish matriarchs with questionable sexual reputations. If a Jew doubted the virgin birth of Mary, he would be obliged, by conscience, to respect her. After all, he would have already read about the four matriarchs in...

I make the following observation: most Catholics naturally accept many “sexist” biblical translations of Matthew 1:19. The verb there is literally “leave”, in the sense of freeing, even “preserving”. Joseph has two titles in this chapter: Righteous and son of David. Joseph thought that the...

Eve introduced Abel, who offered to God in a pleasing way. Mary introduced the firstborn of the Church to the world. Both were murdered out of envy by perverse religious people. Mary also introduced the first manifestation of the Messiah in the world by turning water into wine.

One must have a humble heart to understand the sacred writings in a holistic way. I have a lot to say about Maria, but I believe that Chevyontheriver has already summed it all up.

The Scriptures make it clear that no one can lie in the real presence of God. Therefore, it is certain that Adam did not lie to God. When God gave the command to Adam in Genesis 2:16-17 not to eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, Eve had not yet been created (Genesis 2:21-22)...

The episcopal succession in Jerusalem, as described in Eusebius of Caesarea's "Ecclesiastical History," is interrupted primarily by what historical events? One of the main events that may have interrupted the episcopal succession in Jerusalem was the destruction of the city by the Romans in 70...

Luke 4:17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written. Thayer's Greek Lexicon: STRONGS NT 2147: εὑρίσκω - b. without previous search, to find (by chance), to fall in with: τινα, Matthew 18:28; Matthew...

Job represents the 99 righteous people who do not need repentance, the 99 sheep left on the mountains and deserts...

Lamentations 3:30 NVI Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him, and let him be filled with disgrace. Isaiah 50:4-9 New International Version 4 The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning...