Christian/Religion Studies

(St) Joseph:

The man that was betrothed to Mary the mother of Jesus. A pious Jew and in the family line of David (of Davidic descent) and a humble man and of humble situation. He was not wealthy. Matthew chapter 1, verse 19  Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. Jesus grew up in the home of Joseph in Nazareth. Not much else is known of Joseph but there are other text beyond the Cannon works which tell of other "histories" of Joseph. An example is the Apocryphal 'History of Joseph the Carpenter' which in the Eastern church was popular. Joseph is not mentioned in the Gospel of Mark. Joseph is mentioned in the Gospel of John: John chapter 1, verse 45  Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. --- John chapter 6, verse 42  And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father  and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?  Although Joseph is mentioned in the Gospel of John it is indirectly and not much is actually said of him or his life. We must remember that back in the early days of the church the Apocryphal texts were read in many churches with the Cannon texts (Gospels etc). In these modern times we tend not to take the Apocryphal texts so seriously as they did back then. They must  have felt that even those these works were not in the accepted Cannon they were still scripture and were accepted to be read in church.