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The Father Figure of Joseph Fits With the Inward Turn
In the 1300s, 1416, John Gerson argues that Joseph deserves a feast day. He also writes a 3000 hexameter Latin poem about Joseph as called the Josephina. The church does respond and gives Joseph a feast day; we see a real groundswell of devotion to Joseph. One of Daresan's arguments is that Joseph isn't this kind of dried up old man, that he's actually a young, strong man who's been misunderstood by a lot of Catholics.