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Steve Ray vs. Thomas Aquinas on the Protoevangelium of James
In a recent post, Steve Ray describes the “Protoevangelium of James” in this way: “This document was written in the early 2nd century and known and loved by the first Christians.” On the other hand, Thomas Aquinas described this same work as “apocryphal ravings.” (see also the Decree attributed to Pope Gelasius) Even the famous…
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Joseph – Widower with Older Children? Nieces and Nephews?
A friend of mine pointed me to an interesting exchange of the blind leading the blind over at the “Catholic Answers” forums. A first poster (“Glomung”) wrote: A very simple explanation for the whole scenario is that Joseph was a widower, who already had several children. This explains Jesus’ brothers and sisters. Joseph happened to…
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Protoevangelium of James: a Question of Sources
Opinions regarding: Protoevangelium of James: Aquinas: “apocryphal ravings” (Summa Theologia, Third Part, Question 35, Article 9, Reply to Objection 3)(source) Jan Wakelin, Director of Radio for Catholic Answers, in response to the question “How do we know that the Protoevangelium of James is credible?”: “We don’t.” (source) [Pseudo?]-Pope Gelasius I, bishop of Rome 492–496, lists…