Don’t take theology advice from wiki or the Jack Black’s of the world.
Here are a few of the sources used for the Wiki page.
Lots of Catholic input because he is a Saint.
Thomas Craughwell (2005). “A Patron Saint for Funeral Directors”. Catholicherald.com. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
^ “Joseph of Arimathea”, Glastonbury Abbey
^ Kinnaman, Scott A. (2010). Lutheranism 101. St. Louis, Missouri: Concordia Publishing House. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-7586-2505-2.
^ E.g. Ben Witherington III, John’s Wisdom: A Commentary on the Fourth Gospel, 1995, and Andreas J. Köstenberger in Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, 2007, on John 19:38–42.
^ Jump up to: a b “Joseph of Arimathea”. The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1910. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
^ John Chrysostom, Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of John.
I don’t blame anyone for taking Wiki with a grain of salt.
But if the references pan out I’m more at ease with the info.
I was raised very strict Roman Catholic so I’m not sure if Catholic references bother anyone........I hope not.
Please, please, don’t let that troll clog up the thread again.