The Koine Greek word used was adelphi which doesn't mean brother so much as it means brotherhood or brotherly.
The clearest way to refute these claims is to construct a genealogy of the Apostles from Scripture. When done this proves that the so called "brothers" of Jesus had different fathers and since we know that Joseph was still alive when Jesus was 12 (the Temple visit) we know that there was insufficient time for Joseph to have died and Mary to remarry multiple times to satisfy the Gospel geneaology for the various brothers and named fathers.
Ummm...no. And that is a huge leap in order to support the Catholic teaching of the perpetual virginity. I really don’t get why Catholics hold on to that doctrine so tightly, it isn’t biblical and frankly Spiritual marriage isn’t Godly.
Why is it so hard to grasp that a married couple (Joseph and Mary) had sex and children?
BTW, considering the issues with liberals in the Catholic church, your tagline is silly. I know plenty of non-Catholic Christians with higher standards than almost every single Catholic I know.
The Koine Greek word used was adelphi which doesn’t mean brother so much as it means brotherhood or brotherly.
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Correction it is Adelphos, not adelphi, and most often means physical brother but can also refer to symbolic brethren in a few NT verses. The choice of using aldephos, which most commonly means physical brothers in the NT is a reflection of the development in Christian theology early on that Christians share the same (spiritual) Father through adoption and in that way are literal brothers and sisters.
Outside of the Bible, it almost ALWAYS refers to physical brothers
*Adelphoi not Adelphos. Same meaning though, diff part of speech. typing error on my part.