{"id":42621,"date":"2018-08-01T22:42:24","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T03:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=42621"},"modified":"2018-08-04T10:16:57","modified_gmt":"2018-08-04T15:16:57","slug":"joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph of Arimathaea and Jesus in England"},"content":{"rendered":"
St Joseph of Arimathea’s White-Thorn tree at Glastenbury<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today, August 1, the Episcopal Church commemorates St. Joseph of Arimathea, whom the Gospels all record begged the body of Jesus, which he then laid in a new tomb (which Matthew says was his own tomb) (his traditional day in the Roman calendar had been March 17, but it was moved to August 31 and joined to St. Nicodemus). Joseph has a peculiar place in the mythology of England, famously set in verse by William Blake in “Jerusalem” (see below). Sir Hubert Perry, the great English composer, set the text to music in 1916. George V is said to have preferred the hymn to “God Save the King” and because of this it has taken on something of an unofficial status as England’s national anthem (though it appears that Parliament has never settled the question and thus, officially, there is no national anthem). One version here<\/a> from the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is noteworthy if only because Elton John doesn’t seem to know the words (see 0.50 minutes) and another from the Last Night of the Proms 2012<\/a> (when\u00a0the piece is always performed at the Royal Albert Hall).<\/p>\n

\n
And did those feet in ancient time<\/div>\n
Walk upon Englands mountains green:<\/div>\n
And was the holy Lamb of God,<\/div>\n
On Englands pleasant pastures seen!<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
And did the Countenance Divine,<\/div>\n
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?<\/div>\n
And was Jerusalem builded here,<\/div>\n
Among these dark Satanic Mills?<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Bring me my Bow of burning gold:<\/div>\n
Bring me my arrows of desire:<\/div>\n
Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold!<\/div>\n
Bring me my Chariot of fire!<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
I will not cease from Mental Fight,<\/div>\n
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand:<\/div>\n
Till we have built Jerusalem,<\/div>\n
In Englands green & pleasant Land.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
~ William Blake (1757\u20131827)<\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
As told by James Kiefer<\/a>, the legend that developed claimed “that Joseph was a distant relative of the family of Jesus; that he derived his wealth from tin mines in Cornwall, which he visited from time to time; and that Jesus as a teen-ager accompanied Joseph on one such visit.” Hence, Blake’s poem. (For one of the many texts that tell this tale, see this one<\/a> from c. 1770).<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Kiefer goes on: “After the Crucifixion, we are told, Joseph returned to Cornwall, bringing the chalice of the Last Supper, known as the Holy Grail. Reaching Glastonbury, he planted his staff, which took root and blossomed into a thorn tree. The Grail was hidden, and part of the great national epic (“the matter of Britain”) deals with the unsuccessful quest of the knights of King Arthur to find the Grail. The Thorn Tree remained at Glastonbury, flowering every year on Christmas day, and King Charles I baited the Roman Catholic chaplain of his queen by pointing out that, although Pope Gregory had proclaimed a reform of the calendar, the Glastonbury Thorn ignored the Pope’s decree and continued to blossom on Christmas Day according to the Old Calendar. The Thorn was cut down by one of Cromwell’s soldiers on the grounds that it was a relic of superstition, and it is said that as it fell, its thorns blinded the axeman in one eye. A tree allegedly grown from a cutting from the original Thorn survives today in Glastonbury (and trees propagated from it stand on the grounds of the Cathedral in Washington, DC, and presumably elsewhere) and leaves from it are sold in all the tourist shops in Glastonbury.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Has the Glastonbury legend any basis at all in history? Two facts and some speculations follow: Tin, an essential ingredient of bronze, was highly valued in ancient times, and Phoenician ships imported tin from Cornwall. It is a pretty safe guess that in the first century the investors who owned shares in the Cornwall tin trade included at least a few Jewish Christians.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Christianity gained a foothold in Britain very early, probably earlier than in Gaul. It may have been brought there by the traffic of the Cornwall tin trade. If so, then the early British Christians would have a tradition that they had been evangelized by a wealthy Jewish Christian. If they had forgotten his name, it would be natural to consult the Scriptures to see what mention was made of early wealthy Jewish converts. Joseph and Barnabas are almost the only ones named, and much of the life of Barnabas is already accounted for by the book of Acts, which makes him an unsatisfactory candidate. Hence, those who do not like to be vague would say, not, “We were evangelized by some wealthy Jewish Christian whose name we have forgotten,” but, “We were evangelized by Joseph of Arimathaea.” A summary of the some of the textual evidence for the legends can be found here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n

Despite Dan Brown’s use of the complex legends<\/a> surrounding Joseph and the Grail, this saint is worth our devotion for at least two reasons. First, Joseph\u2019s relatively small but critical place in the paschal mystery is a reminder of the cooperation that Jesus required from those around him for the mystery of salvation to take place. \u201cFoxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.\u201d Thus, even in death, the poverty of Jesus was acute and he had to be the recipient of generosity in order that the power of God might be made manifest, that the stone in front of the tomb would be rolled away, that death might be undone, the devil defeated, and that the place of his burial would be found empty. Thus, the mystery of salvation in one that God has always ordained in one that requires our cooperation.The other aspect of St. Josephs\u2019 story, is the need in which the Church always stands of benefactors. Not only is such giving part and parcel of Christian discipleship, the wealthy may well stand in special need of the sort of giving that is costly in order to thread the eye of the needle. Thus, this day stand as an opportunity for\u00a0those who know great means to make those effective for good of the Gospel and the salvation of the world.<\/p>\n

St. Joseph of Arimathaea, ora pro nobis<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, August 1, the Episcopal Church commemorates St. Joseph of Arimathea, whom the Gospels all record begged the body of Jesus, which he then laid in a new tomb (which Matthew says was his own tomb) (his traditional day in the Roman calendar had been March 17, but it was moved to August 31 and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":42626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[3119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-plaza-new-ws"],"yoast_head":"\nJoseph of Arimathaea and Jesus in England - Home<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Joseph of Arimathaea and Jesus in England - Home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today, August 1, the Episcopal Church commemorates St. Joseph of Arimathea, whom the Gospels all record begged the body of Jesus, which he then laid in a new tomb (which Matthew says was his own tomb) (his traditional day in the Roman calendar had been March 17, but it was moved to August 31 and […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-08-02T03:42:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-08-04T15:16:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/joseph.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"375\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"362\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matthew S. C. Olver\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matthew S. C. Olver\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Matthew S. C. Olver\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cd66d31ea12ad886ad3c94a33d21a7fd\"},\"headline\":\"Joseph of Arimathaea and Jesus in England\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-08-02T03:42:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-08-04T15:16:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/\"},\"wordCount\":1052,\"commentCount\":12,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/joseph.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"4_THE PLAZA\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/\",\"name\":\"Joseph of Arimathaea and Jesus in England - Home\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/joseph.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-08-02T03:42:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-08-04T15:16:57+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/joseph.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/joseph.jpg\",\"width\":375,\"height\":362},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Joseph of Arimathaea and Jesus in England\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/\",\"name\":\"Home\",\"description\":\"Worship, Wit & Wisdom\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Home\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-BlogHeaderFinal2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-BlogHeaderFinal2.jpg\",\"width\":1340,\"height\":209,\"caption\":\"Home\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cd66d31ea12ad886ad3c94a33d21a7fd\",\"name\":\"Matthew S. C. Olver\",\"description\":\"Matthew S. C. Olver (PhD, Marquette University) is Associate Professor of Liturgics and Pastoral Theology at Nashotah House Theological Seminary, Nashotah, WI and a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas. The Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University has named him its Alan Richardson Fellow for 2022-23 academic year. His research focuses in early Latin liturgy, particularly the Roman Rite, as well as Anglican liturgical history. He has published in The Journal of Ecumenical Studies, the Anglican Theological Review, Studia Liturgica, Nova et Vetera, Studia Patristic, Questions Liturgies, Antiphon, Worship, and Ecclesia Orans, and is a regular contributor to Covenant, the weblog of The Living Church. He was a member of the last round of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation in the U.S. (ARCUSA), which produced \\\"Ecclesiology and Moral Discernment.\\\" From 2006-13, he was the Assistant Rector at Church of the Incarnation, Dallas (Episcopal) and undertook his previous studies at Wheaton College (literature) and Duke Divinity School (MDiv, magna cum laude). He is married to Kristen and they have two teenagers.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/laudatedominum.weebly.com\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/author\/molver\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Joseph of Arimathaea and Jesus in England - Home","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Joseph of Arimathaea and Jesus in England - Home","og_description":"Today, August 1, the Episcopal Church commemorates St. Joseph of Arimathea, whom the Gospels all record begged the body of Jesus, which he then laid in a new tomb (which Matthew says was his own tomb) (his traditional day in the Roman calendar had been March 17, but it was moved to August 31 and […]","og_url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/","og_site_name":"Home","article_published_time":"2018-08-02T03:42:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-08-04T15:16:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":375,"height":362,"url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/joseph.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Matthew S. C. Olver","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Matthew S. C. Olver","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/"},"author":{"name":"Matthew S. C. Olver","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cd66d31ea12ad886ad3c94a33d21a7fd"},"headline":"Joseph of Arimathaea and Jesus in England","datePublished":"2018-08-02T03:42:24+00:00","dateModified":"2018-08-04T15:16:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/"},"wordCount":1052,"commentCount":12,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/joseph.jpg","articleSection":["4_THE PLAZA"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/","name":"Joseph of Arimathaea and Jesus in England - Home","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/joseph.jpg","datePublished":"2018-08-02T03:42:24+00:00","dateModified":"2018-08-04T15:16:57+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/joseph.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/joseph.jpg","width":375,"height":362},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/joseph-of-arimathaea-and-jesus-in-england\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Joseph of Arimathaea and Jesus in England"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/","name":"Home","description":"Worship, Wit & Wisdom","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#organization","name":"Home","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-BlogHeaderFinal2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-BlogHeaderFinal2.jpg","width":1340,"height":209,"caption":"Home"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cd66d31ea12ad886ad3c94a33d21a7fd","name":"Matthew S. C. Olver","description":"Matthew S. C. Olver (PhD, Marquette University) is Associate Professor of Liturgics and Pastoral Theology at Nashotah House Theological Seminary, Nashotah, WI and a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas. The Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University has named him its Alan Richardson Fellow for 2022-23 academic year. His research focuses in early Latin liturgy, particularly the Roman Rite, as well as Anglican liturgical history. He has published in The Journal of Ecumenical Studies, the Anglican Theological Review, Studia Liturgica, Nova et Vetera, Studia Patristic, Questions Liturgies, Antiphon, Worship, and Ecclesia Orans, and is a regular contributor to Covenant, the weblog of The Living Church. He was a member of the last round of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation in the U.S. (ARCUSA), which produced \"Ecclesiology and Moral Discernment.\" From 2006-13, he was the Assistant Rector at Church of the Incarnation, Dallas (Episcopal) and undertook his previous studies at Wheaton College (literature) and Duke Divinity School (MDiv, magna cum laude). He is married to Kristen and they have two teenagers.","sameAs":["http:\/\/laudatedominum.weebly.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/author\/molver\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/joseph.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42621"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42625,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42621\/revisions\/42625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}