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I think Rosemary Hale Drage is the expert on St. Joseph and his iconography.
By the way, surely chastity and perpetual virginity are not synonomous.
Bernadette
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> I wonder if this is correct. My recollection is that Joseph is often
> depicted (late medieval, modern images?) as holding a lily, symbol of his
> chastity. The strong idea in the middle ages of the Virgin's chastity
likely
> extended to Joseph. The meaning of biblical references to the "brothers"
of
> Jesus continues to be argued: whether this means biological siblings or
> "relatives". Traditionally Catholics argue the latter while Protestants
and
> secular scholars tend towards the former.
> JBW
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> John B. Wickstrom
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> --- "John B. Wickstrom" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
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> > St Joseph? Well, his status as a biological father is still argued
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> > scholars and religious traditions, right?
> > JBW
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> I was referring to his other children. Whether or not, as a matter of
> historical fact, he had any, he is certainly regarded in medieval
> tradition as having had children by a former marriage; and that gets
> him into the list of saints who were fathers.
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