Was Mary an only child?

[CindyGia]

Matt16_18:

The Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich says that Anne and Heli (Joachim) did have a daughter named Mary that was much older than the Virgin Mary. Mary’s older sister was married to Cleophas (Clopas). Mary Cleophas also had a daughter named Mary that was married to Alpheus. Mary Alpheus was the Mother of the Apostle James the Minor.

But there’s more …

The Virgin Mary’s mother, Anne, had a sister named Sobe that was married to Salomon. Sobe had a daughter named Mary that was married to Zebedee. Mary Zebedee was the mother of Apostles John and James the Greater.

See? This is what I was talking about. That’s where I read it. It’s also in “City of God” by Mary of Agreda.

 

[Fidelis]

CindyGia:

See? This is what I was talking about. That’s where I read it. It’s also in “City of God” by Mary of Agreda.

Granted this is private revelation and not binding except on the one to whom it was revealed, but it does go with the verse in John that (possibly) describes a sibling of Mary also named Mary. That this could be so is also reinforced by the previous posters point about the contemporay culture not having a problem giving siblings the same name, but with a secondary modifying name.

 

[Superstar905]

I figure, don’t get stressed out about it. Whether she had a sister or not, who cares really. These things don’t make me think because it makes absolutely no difference.