Hell I don't know and moreover don't care. Probably comes from Jewish law. But it's tangential to the issue, pick whichever age you like...
Does the Vatican so loosely say 'pick which ever age you like'..?
Also odd that you don't know the actual background of what you called a tradition for catholics. nor know how old the tradition is.
In others words its entirely possible the church just pulled 'seven' out of their ass when it suited them, and anyones wild guess when they did that...could have been 1054, 1627 or 1917...
In any case we have our CF Ringo who puts it at 20 yrs, the Vatican at seven.
Unfortunately Bible does not specify an age, nor does it say 'pick any age you like'.
Christians are like drunk clowns playing pin the tail on the donkey.
-Bulletproof and Waterproof don't mean Idiotproof.
