The Historical Jesus

Did Jesus Christ have a human father? No; he "was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary" (Apostle's Creed).

"And the angel answered and said to her, 'The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee; and therefore the holy one to be born shall be called the Son of God." (Luke, 1,35).

St. Joseph was only the foster father or guardian of Jesus Christ. He and Mary always lived as brother and sister.

Is Jesus Christ truly a man? Yes, because he has a body and soul like ours.

"The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. And we saw his glory - glory as of the only-begotten of the Father - full of grace and of truth" (John 1, 14).

Pictured: a communist (boo!) inspired Holy Card showing Jesus and his father Joseph with light skin and brown hair. This is a deliberately confusing image, with Joseph looking like "Jesus". By the fifties, Communists had infiltrated the Roman Catholic Church with intent to destroy, which they did.