How Old Was St. Joseph?

Dr. Brant Pitre discusses the ages of St. Joseph. Do the details we find in the gospels give us any indication of his age? This was taken from Dr. Pitre's The Hidden King: The Jewish Roots of St. Joseph

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[BornAgainRN]

I am a Protestant, and I am planning on utilizing the arguments made in this video in a debate I have coming up. Thank you SO much for this Dr Pitre. This is invaluable!

[TheBadTrad]

Absolutely fascinating! That’s why we love watching everything that Dr Pitre puts out! St. Joseph, Terror of Demons, pray for us!

[ryanofsantanvalley]

God bless you for your ability to simplify such knowledge for us laymen. The Holy Spirit has truly blessed you. Hosanna in the highest.

[josephjude]

This was a real eye opener. I love having devotion towards the Protector of the Savior.

[helensabir]

This is what makes your faith in CHRIST even more strong. The only thing I am PROUD of is that I am a CATHOLIC.

[ChristianSaintSavior]

Very well-explained! Saint Joseph, please pray for us and intercede for today, in JESUS name, amen!

[The-Carpenter]

This is absolutely brilliant. I salute you, Dr. Pitre.

[blueskysunnyday]

I am always learning something new from Dr. Pitre!

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[rubynarapareddy]

Wow! Dr. Pitre, you are the best. A lot of conservative Catholics will be disappointed to learn that their traditional view of an elderly Joseph is not true. But we need to know and accept the fact of a young Joseph. 👌👌

[jerryg]

Dr. Brant, what a fine biblical scholar! He goes right to the heart of the Joseph enigma and solves his real age. Also for me his is the best explanations of what the Apocrypha were; all explained in a simple cheerful way, thanks

[williamburych]

According to "The Life of The Blessed Virgin Mary", from. visions by St Anne Catherine Emmerich, Joseph "might have been as much as 33 at that time." (when he was engaged to Mary).

[knightblossom]

This 10 minutes was packed full of information!! Thank you for clarifying so so much!

[josephology]

The difficulty of accepting the sublime mystery of their spousal communion has led some, since the 2nd century, to think of Joseph as advanced in age and to consider him Mary's guardian more than her husband. It is instead a case of supposing that he was not an elderly man at the time, but that his interior perfection, the fruit of grace, led him to live his spousal relationship with Mary with virginal affection. -- John Paul II

[rosemariekury]

Love this, I like to picture him perhaps in his thirties and strong since he was a carpenter. Also n those days there were a lot of robbers who’d have been on the road and he would’ve been very protective of Mary and Jesus. I like the way he was portrayed in Mary of Nazareth.

[lillianamongi]

Thank you Dr Pitre. Any information about Joseph is fine for there is very little written about him.

[jeanb.]

I have always believed he was young. That Mary would need a man of virtue and strength alike to protect her.

[williamburych]

In the "Mystical City of God", by the visionary Sister Mary of Jesus of Agreda (Spain), she wrote "Among the number was Joseph, a native of Nazareth, and then living in Jerusalem; ... He was then thirty-three years of age ... From his twelfth year he had made and kept the vow of chastity ... All of these unmarried men (including Joseph) gathered in the temple ..."

[Silent-N]

According to the visions of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich, St Joseph was 30 years and 3 months older than Mary (who was indeed a temple virgin, though the story is quite different from the one proposed by the counterfeit gospel that Dr Pitre debunks in this video). He had also taken a vow of virginity at the age of 12, and so he was especially pleased to learn that Mary wished to remain a perpetual virgin as well.

[ALXandroATS]

So glad someone is finally giving Joseph the credit he deserves because he is truly the unsung hero of the Bible. One can only imagine the scorn, mockery and ridicule he must have endured from a public which most likely knew the child his wife was carrying was not his. Still, he went out of his way to be the greatest step father who ever lived. Christianity thanks you, Joseph, raising someone else’s child is never easy. Thank you.

[paulustarsus]

Top Class productions, Dr. Brant. Keep'em coming. 👊🇮🇪