Posted on 12/12/2006 1:16:04 PM PST by stfassisi
BTTT for Father’s Day!
Thank You!
The lineage of Joseph is given in the Gospels. Joseph's lineage was as important to establishing the credentials of Christ as the "Son of David" as Mary's.
If, in fact, Joseph were nothing more than a "foster" father, then Jesus would have legally been an illegitimate child.
Just as Mary was chosen for her calling as Jesus' mother, so Joseph was chosen for his calling as Jesus' father.
Nobody is saying that the marriage was not legal
Why do you take everything so literally?
Do you still believe the mustard seed is the smallest seed on earth? -;)
I'm saying exactly what I said. Joseph was NOT a FOSTER FATHER!
He was in every sense of the word Christ's earthly father. Joseph's role in bringing up Christ was just as important as Mary's role as his mother.
**Joseph’s role in bringing up Christ was just as important as Mary’s role as his mother.**
So you are saying that St. Joseph’s role was important, since God was the Father of the Son, Jesus?
I don’t think that you are denying Luke in quoting that Jesus was conceived through the power of the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Blessed Trinity, are you?
He wasn't. He was the legal son of Joseph.
Could you be meaning Joseph was the “adoptive” father rather than “foster” father?
We was not an "adoptive" father.
Joseph was the LEGAL father.
If Joseph was not the legal father, then Jesus would have been an illegitimate child.
I don't know where these authors dream up this nonsense about "foster father".
Was Mary married to Joseph or not?
bttt
Well, when Mary winds up being pregnant before Joseph was ever married or had sex with her, it means she was “with child” for at least a month before Joseph decided to go through with the marriage.
If I marry someone whose unborn child is another’s, I need to adopt that child. I am legally that child’s father in all ways, and the child is “legitimate”.
You are absolutely wrong. The common law (I believe this is even back to biblical times) rule is that any child born during a marriage where the husband and wife are living together is conclusively presumed to be the child of the husband. No evidence can be admitted into court to disprove that fact. The husband is the father. Period.
Well, if the “new” father and the mother keep it silent that the married father was not the physical father, then the child is born being considered Joseph’s regardless.
I will have to look into more of what is done with this. Once born, I do know adoption must take place if the child was not from the two in question.
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