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If Mary hardly occupies a place in Calvin's theology, unlike Luther's, Joseph is even less present. In his Treatise on Relics (1543), Calvin first mocks the sock-relics found in some churches, but he makes room for Jesus' earthly father when he comments …

The Josephina , an epic poem of almost 3,000 hexameters, was composed by Jean Gerson, Chancellor of the University of Paris, between 1414 and 1417, mainly during the Council of Constance. Written at a time of great political and ecclesiastical turmoil, …

Long before he became a reference point for fathers and craftsmen, even before his sanctity was fully recognized, Joseph was of interest to a number of churchmen, theologians and religious, who found in him a figure to inspire their way of life and …

Chair: Olivier Boulnois, École pratique des hautes études For the Bishop of Hippo, Joseph was less a subject of interest than a source of problems. Sermon 51, delivered in Carthage in 403/404, is the only major synthesis of Augustine's writings on the …