Отговори на защитниците: Мухаммад и Аиша: Разлика между версии

Всеки, който твърди подобно нещо, цитира все една и страница – New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia.<ref>Charles Souvay - [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08504a.htm|2=2011-10-24}} St. Joseph] - The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 24 Oct. 2011</ref> Но защо не се споменава, че тази страница започва с предупреждение към читателите: „апокрифната литература е пълна с детайли, като неприемането на тези писания в канона на Свещените Книги хвърля голямо съмнение върху съдържанието им“?<ref name="Catholic Encyclopedia 1">"''The chief sources of information on the life of St. Joseph are the first chapters of our first and third Gospels; they are practically also the only reliable sources, for, whilst, on the holy patriarch's life, as on many other points connected with the Saviour's history which are left untouched by the canonical writings, the apocryphal literature is full of details, the non-admittance of these works into the Canon of the Sacred Books casts a strong suspicion upon their contents; and, even granted that some of the facts recorded by them may be founded on trustworthy traditions, it is in most instances next to impossible to discern and sift these particles of true history from the fancies with which they are associated. Among these apocryphal productions dealing more or less extensively with some episodes of St. Joseph's life may be noted the so-called "Gospel of James", the "Pseudo-Matthew", the "Gospel of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary", the "Story of Joseph the Carpenter", and the "Life of the Virgin and Death of Joseph".''" - [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08504a.htm|2=2011-10-24}} St. Joseph] - Charles Souvay, The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 24 Oct. 2011</ref>

Според Уикипедия апокрифът се определя като „фалшфицирани“, „с проблемна автентичност“ и като „християнски текстове, които не са канонични“<ref>[{{Reference archive|1=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocrypha|2=2011-10-24}} Apocrypha] - Wikipedia, accessed October 24, 2011</ref> Следователно те могат да бъдат смятани като християнски еквивалент на даиф (слаби) или мауду (фалшиви) хадиси.  

Всъщност се казва, след повторно предупреждение към читателя, че тези истории са „ненадеждни“, че Мария е била на между 12 и14 години, когато е трябвало да избира свои кандидати и Благовещението (възвестяването от ангела Гавриил, че девицата на име Мария ще зачене и ще стане майка на Иисус)<ref>[{{Reference archive|1=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annunciation|2=2011-10-24}} Annunciation] - Wikipedia, accessed October 24, 2011</ref> се е случило две години по-късно.<ref name="Catholic Encyclopedia 2">"''It will not be without interest to recall here, unreliable though they are, the lengthy stories concerning St. Joseph's marriage contained in the apocryphal writings. When forty years of age, Joseph married a woman called Melcha or Escha by some, Salome by others; they lived forty-nine years together and had six children, two daughters and four sons, the youngest of whom was James (the Less, "the Lord's brother"). A year after his wife's death, as the priests announced through Judea that they wished to find in the tribe of Juda a respectable man to espouse Mary, then twelve to fourteen years of age. Joseph, who was at the time ninety years old, went up to Jerusalem among the candidates; a miracle manifested the choice God had made of Joseph, and two years later the Annunciation took place. These dreams, as St. Jerome styles them, from which many a Christian artist has drawn his inspiration (see, for instance, Raphael's "Espousals of the Virgin"), are void of authority; they nevertheless acquired in the course of ages some popularity; in them some ecclesiastical writers sought the answer to the well-known difficulty arising from the mention in the Gospel of "the Lord's brothers"; from them also popular credulity has, contrary to all probability, as well as to the tradition witnessed by old works of art, retained the belief that St. Joseph was an old man at the time of marriage with the Mother of God.''" - [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08504a.htm|2=2011-10-24}} St. Joseph] - Charles Souvay, The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 24 Oct. 2011</ref> Следователно Мария е била на между 14 и 16 години по време на брака си, а не на 12, нито дори на 9, какъвто е случаят с Мухаммад и Аиша. Тя би следвало да бъде девойка на тийнейджърска възраст, която е можела да износи дете, а не полово незряло малолетно дете.

Нещо повече – същата страница New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia продължава разказа за живота на Йосиф, като казва, че и Мария, и Йосиф са влезли в брака с разбирането, че той никога е нямало да бъде консумиран.<ref name="Catholic Encyclopedia 4">"''This marriage, true and complete, was, in the intention of the spouses, to be virgin marriage (cf. St. Augustine, "De cons. Evang.", II, i in P.L. XXXIV, 1071-72; "Cont. Julian.", V, xii, 45 in P.L. XLIV, 810; St. Thomas, III:28; III:29:2). But soon was the faith of Joseph in his spouse to be sorely tried: she was with child. However painful the discovery must have been for him, unaware as he was of the mystery of the Incarnation, his delicate feelings forbade him to defame his affianced, and he resolved "to put her away privately; but while he thought on these things, behold the angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost. . . And Joseph, rising from his sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and took unto him his wife" (Matthew 1:19, 20, 24).''" - [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08504a.htm|2=2011-10-24}} St. Joseph] - Charles Souvay, The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 24 Oct. 2011</ref>

Приснодевството на Мария - вярването, че Мария е останала девица през целия си живот, е основен постулат на вярата за мнозинството християни по света (в т.ч. римокатолици, англикани, източно-православни и дохалкидонски християни). Същото се поддържа и от някои мюсюлмани.<ref>[{{Reference archive|1=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_virginity_of_Mary|2=2011-10-24}} Perpetual virginity of Mary] - Wikipedia, accessed October 24, 2011</ref>

И накрая, най-решителният аргумент срещу твърдението, че Йосиф е бил педофил, е фактът, че същите не-канонични писания, които биват използвани за събиране на информация за възрастта на Йосиф и Мария, също потвърждават положението на Мария като „приснодева“ (в „Историята на Йосиф Дърводелеца“ Иисус казва при смъртта на Йосиф: „майка Ми, непорочната девица).<ref>[{{Reference archive|1=http://www.interfaith.org/christianity/apocrypha/new-testament-apocrypha/6/4.php|2=2011-10-24}} The History of Joseph the Carpenter] - Interfaith Online, accessed October 24, 2011</ref>