tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post4414280811239878572..comments2024-03-24T15:19:06.377-04:00Comments on The Continuum: Circumcision of Christ January 1stFr. Robert Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05892141425033196616noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-69334381358791437952013-01-08T07:47:24.100-05:002013-01-08T07:47:24.100-05:00Having just read everything here, I (Providentiall...Having just read everything here, I (Providentially) encountered a musical setting (!) of the Lucan genealogy well worth listening to - on YouTube loaded (legally as far as I can see) by LSMuziek: Which was the Son of .... by Arvo Pärt.<br /><br />with Christmas- and Epiphany-tide greetings,<br /><br />Semi-HookerianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-60284050661762910112013-01-02T13:29:43.650-05:002013-01-02T13:29:43.650-05:00From Catholic Encyclopedia, regarding the lineage ...From Catholic Encyclopedia, regarding the lineage of Mary:<br /><br />If Mary were not of Davidic descent, her Son conceived by the Holy Ghost could not be said to be "of the seed of David". Hence commentators tell us that in the text "in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God. . .to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David" (Luke 1:26-27); the last clause "of the house of David" does not refer to Joseph, but to the virgin who is the principal person in the narrative; thus we have a direct inspired testimony to Mary's Davidic descent. [22]<br /><br />While commentators generally agree that the genealogy found at the beginning of the first Gospel is that of St. Joseph, Annius of Viterbo proposes the opinion, already alluded to by St. Augustine, that St. Luke's genealogy gives the pedigree of Mary. The text of the third Gospel (3:23) may be explained so as to make Heli the father of Mary: "Jesus. . .being the son (as it was supposed of Joseph) of Heli", or "Jesus. . .being the son of Joseph, as it was supposed, the son of Heli" (Lightfoot, Bengel, etc.), or again "Jesus. . .being as it was supposed the son of Joseph, who was [the son-in-law] of Heli" [23]. In these explanations the name of Mary is not mentioned explicitly, but it is implied; for Jesus is the Son of Heli through Mary.<br />Her parents<br /><br />Though few commentators adhere to this view of St. Luke's genealogy, the name of Mary's father, Heli, agrees with the name given to Our Lady's father in a tradition founded upon the report of the Protoevangelium of James, an apocryphal Gospel which dates from the end of the second century. According to this document the parents of Mary are Joachim and Anna. Now, the name Joachim is only a variation of Heli or Eliachim, substituting one Divine name (Yahweh) for the other (Eli, Elohim). The tradition as to the parents of Mary, found in the Gospel of James, is reproduced by St. John Damascene [24], St. Gregory of Nyssa [25], St. Germanus of Constantinople [26], pseudo-Epiphanius [27], pseudo-Hilarius [28], and St. Fulbert of Chartres [29]. Some of these writers add that the birth of Mary was obtained by the fervent prayers of Joachim and Anna in their advanced age. As Joachim belonged to the royal family of David, so Anna is supposed to have been a descendant of the priestly family of Aaron; thus Christ the Eternal King and Priest sprang from both a royal and priestly family [30].<br /><br />Susan Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-36563096364441226282013-01-02T01:27:57.504-05:002013-01-02T01:27:57.504-05:00Bruce;
There are two answers to the question. The...Bruce;<br /><br />There are two answers to the question. The first is that many people have interpreted the line in Luke to be Mary's (making Joseph's name appear there as that of a son in-law). The other is that we have only the chronology of Joseph's line, because both his father and grandfather were adopted by half brothers (in line with Deut. 25:5f), giving him two lines, adopted and natural. That seems dubious, but was recorded by Eusebius as quoted by Africanus. Either way, with Joseph as his adopted father, the lineage in Matthew places Jesus in line for the throne of David. Fr. Robert Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892141425033196616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-23682524965716087142013-01-01T14:15:50.549-05:002013-01-01T14:15:50.549-05:00Best. Sermon. Ever.Best. Sermon. Ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-58393916338391633422013-01-01T13:23:59.537-05:002013-01-01T13:23:59.537-05:00Again thank you.Again thank you.Derrilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-16774475177780153922013-01-01T06:08:17.333-05:002013-01-01T06:08:17.333-05:00Father, I have a basic question. Was Jesus' li...Father, I have a basic question. Was Jesus' lineage back to David only on Joseph's side or was it on Mary's side as well?Brucenoreply@blogger.com