[slumber1]

I don’t see where biblical prophecy concerning Jesus would be compromised if Mary did have more children after Jesus.

Biblical authority wouldn't be compromised but Papal authority would be. Ergo they must come up with these nonsense reasonings to explain why the bible doesn't mean what it clearly says

[Amendment10]

"Ergo they must come up with these nonsense reasonings to explain why the bible doesn't mean what it clearly says"

Regardless that many events in Jesus’ life fulfilled scriptural prophecy concerning the Messiah, the gospels indicate that even Jesus’ apostles didn’t correlate things that they saw Jesus doing to such prophecies. In fact, Luke 24:45 indicates that the risen Jesus had to open their minds to the Scriptures.

So I think that early Christians struggled to make sense out of the Scriptures and things that had happened in Jesus’ life - and they are evidently still struggling, myself included.