Saint Joseph - Saint Joseph, Sanitaria Springs, NY
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N 42° 09.611 W 075° 46.853
18T E 435491 N 4667856
This statue is in a garden area in front of St. Joseph Church. "The first appearance of Joseph is in the gospels of Matthew and Luke."
Waymark Code: WMW176
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 06/26/2017
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"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."
"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."