Kiwi Jane
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I'm not sure where the implantation of an embryo is coming from. An embryo still has DNA, so where would that then come from? My personal opinion is that Jesus was physically only the son of Mary, as God doesn't have DNA, and moreover he had to be a descendant physically of King David as we know from the prophecies. That is important to remember and why genealogies are given in scripture. I know it's an odd concept, but it would have been a sort of miraculous asexual reproduction. It's certainly not unheard in the animal kingdom, so God certainly already created the potential.
Martin Luther believed in Mary's perpetual virginity and immaculate conception. He said, "Mother Mary, like us, was born in sin of sinful parents, but the Holy Spirit covered her, sanctified and purified her so that this child was born of flesh and blood, but not with sinful flesh and blood. The Holy Spirit permitted the Virgin Mary to remain a true, natural human being of flesh and blood, just as we. However, he warded off sin from her flesh and blood so that she became the mother of a pure child, not poisoned by sin as we are. For in that moment when she conceived, she was a holy mother filled with the Holy Spirit and her fruit is a holy pure fruit, at once God and truly man, in one person." I think this fits theologically with the idea of Mary being Jesus' only biological parent. She was purified and sanctified for this divine purpose. (That said I am not personally opposed to the idea of Mary and Joseph having later had children, but it isn't clear from the scripture or the Early Church Fathers. Certainly James, called the brother of the Lord, and his siblings were very close relatives of Jesus)
Joseph was his step-father, the definition given by Merriam-Webster for stepfather is "the husband of one's parent when distinct from one's natural or legal father."
Martin Luther believed in Mary's perpetual virginity and immaculate conception. He said, "Mother Mary, like us, was born in sin of sinful parents, but the Holy Spirit covered her, sanctified and purified her so that this child was born of flesh and blood, but not with sinful flesh and blood. The Holy Spirit permitted the Virgin Mary to remain a true, natural human being of flesh and blood, just as we. However, he warded off sin from her flesh and blood so that she became the mother of a pure child, not poisoned by sin as we are. For in that moment when she conceived, she was a holy mother filled with the Holy Spirit and her fruit is a holy pure fruit, at once God and truly man, in one person." I think this fits theologically with the idea of Mary being Jesus' only biological parent. She was purified and sanctified for this divine purpose. (That said I am not personally opposed to the idea of Mary and Joseph having later had children, but it isn't clear from the scripture or the Early Church Fathers. Certainly James, called the brother of the Lord, and his siblings were very close relatives of Jesus)
Joseph was his step-father, the definition given by Merriam-Webster for stepfather is "the husband of one's parent when distinct from one's natural or legal father."
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