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Was St. Joseph Old When He Married Our Lady? | THEOLOGY OF THE BODY
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9:19Now PlayingWas Saint Joseph an old man when he took Mary as his bride? Since the second century, depictions of Saint Joseph have rendered him as quite elderly, but looking into the reasons for this, it becomes clear that this is less than historically accurate. In fact, there is little to no evidence suggesting that St. Joseph was old. The custom of depicting St. Joseph as an old man came from a misguided intention to preserve Mary’s virginity; however, aging our image of St. Joseph says far more about our own hang ups and doubt in God’s grace than it does about the profound mystery that is Mary and Joseph’s virginal marriage.
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