Mini-Cast: Proof St. Joseph was NOT an Old Man with Brant Pitre
The Art of Catholic with Matthew Leonard
Matthew Leonard
4.9 • 831 Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Dr. Brant Pitre joins Matthew Leonard to discuss why - contrary to popular opinion - we can pretty much know St. Joseph wasn't an elderly man who was simply commissioned to care for Mary like a grandpa.
Also, make sure to check out Matthew and Brant's other St. Joseph Youtube video titled Dr. Brant Pitre Reveals the Scriptural Secrets of St Joseph. https://youtu.be/YimyO1YZMIY
🟡 Experience 20 FREE Video Lessons of Authentic, Powerful Catholic Spiritual formation in the SCIENCE OF SAINTHOOD! https://www.scienceofsainthood.com/
🔵 PLEASE HELP ME SPREAD THE CATHOLIC FAITH BY SUPPORTING THIS CHANNEL & PODCAST https://www.patreon.com/matthewleonard
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | So I'm with Brent Petrie, who is a research professor at the Augustan Institute, prolific |
| 0:05.6 | author, he's written all kinds of things, and he has a series out on St. Joseph called |
| 0:10.3 | the Hidden King. |
| 0:11.4 | And we just recorded a full podcast on this. |
| 0:14.1 | You can check that out at matheweslinner.com and it'll be up on YouTube as well. |
| 0:18.7 | So check it out for really great stuff. |
| 0:21.4 | One of the things that we did not talk about, which is one of the most interesting questions |
| 0:25.8 | I think to a lot of people is how old was St. Joseph? |
| 0:30.8 | Was he this old man? |
| 0:33.5 | Was he like with a cane on this artwork that we see and you know, super old and he's got |
| 0:38.8 | this young wife? |
| 0:40.4 | Who was he, Brent? |
| 0:41.4 | How should we imagine St. Joseph? |
| 0:44.2 | You know, this is a great question. I don't know about you, but growing up Catholic |
| 0:48.6 | I just remember holy cards or art depicting St. Joseph and one of the reasons frankly as a young man |
| 0:53.9 | I never kind of felt all that drawn to him is because he's always depicted as being really really old as an elderly man |
| 1:01.4 | as an old man and so |
| 1:03.5 | Over the years as I've taught, |
| 1:05.1 | one of the most frequently asked questions I get was, |
| 1:07.2 | well, how old exactly was St. Joseph? |
| 1:09.6 | Because you'll hear some Catholics say, |
| 1:11.1 | oh, well, he was an older man. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Matthew Leonard, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Matthew Leonard and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.