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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet
Proper interpretation precludes this pretext. There is no biblical precedent for rendering the Greek word adelphos (brother) as cousin. If the NT writers had wanted us to read cousin they would have used the word anepsios.
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You are missing the point, on that. If Joseph had died before Jesus was able to take care of Mary they would have been adopted into a relatives family and would have been treated as part of that family to all intents and purposes, even under the eyes of the law(Mosaic), cousins would have been treated as brothers. (This included inheritance from the adoptive uncle's estate).
Given that the Catholic Church both Roman and Eastern Orthodox in the early days wrote the bloody Gospels etc, I leave explanations to them and interpretations to those faiths that disagree with their teachings.