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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-04 01:25 PM
Response to Reply #23
24. It's not in the Bible, but it's part of the oral tradition, probably made
up out of whole cloth to reconcile the doctrine of Mary's lifelong virginity with the existence of the brothers mentioned in the Bible.
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