Saint Joseph - St. Nicholas' Cathedral - Ljubljana - Statues of Religious Figures on Waymarking.com

A statue of Saint Joseph, dated 1865, in a niche in the south facade of St. Nicholas' Cathedral, Ljubljana.

"Joseph (Hebrew translit: Yosef?; Greek translit: Ioséph) is a figure in the Gospels, the husband of Mary, mother of Jesus, and is venerated as Saint Joseph in the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, Lutheranism and Methodism. Christian tradition places Joseph as Jesus' foster father. Some historians state that Joseph was Jesus's father. Some differing views are due to theological interpretations versus historical views.

The Pauline epistles make no reference to Jesus's father; nor does the Gospel of Mark. The first appearance of Joseph is in the gospels of Matthew and Luke. Each contains a genealogy of Jesus showing ancestry from king David, but through different sons; Matthew follows the major royal line from Solomon, while Luke traces another line back to Nathan, another son of David and Bathsheba. Consequently, all the names between David and Joseph are different. Some scholars, such as Harry A. Ironside reconcile the genealogies by viewing the Solomonic lineage in Matthew as Joseph's major royal line, and the Nathanic lineage in Luke to be Mary's minor line.

In Catholic and other traditions, Joseph is the patron saint of workers and has several feast days. He was also declared to be the patron saint and protector of the Catholic Church by Pope Pius IX in 1870, is the patron saint of the sick, and of a happy death, (since it is said that he died in the presence of Jesus and Mary), is the model for fathers, and the patron of several countries and regions. With the growth of Mariology, the theological field of Josephology has also grown and since the 1950s centers for studying it have been formed."

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Associated Religion(s): Christian Statue Location: Niche, South facade of St. Nicholas' Cathedral, Ljubljana Entrance Fee: Free Artist: Not listed Website: Not listed

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