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There were two Jameses: one who was beheaded, and the other called the Just, who was thrown from a wing of the temple, and beaten to death with a fuller's club<ref>A club used in the bleaching of cloth.</ref>.

There were two Jameses: one who was beheaded, and the other called the Just, who was thrown from a wing of the temple, and beaten to death with a fuller's club<ref>A club used in the bleaching of cloth.</ref>.

The times of the bishops in Jerusalem have not been regularly recorded and preserved, because tradition says they all lived only briefly. However, from writers of the time, down to the invasion of Judea under [[Hadrian]], there were fifteen successions of bishops in that church, all Hebrews from the beginning, who received the knowledge of Christ pure and unadulterated, so that, according to those who were able to judge, they were well-approved and worthy of the episcopal office. The first was James called the brother of our Lord<ref>Eusebius, when not quoting other writers, such as [[Hegesippus]], who call James (the Just) the brother of the Lord, always states that James (the Just) was "called the brother of our Lord". He shows in several places in his ''Church History'' that he was not convinced that James the Just was the natural offspring of Joseph and Mary the mother of Jesus, but the son of a relative according to Jewish custom called a brother of Jesus, and a son of a relative of Mary the mother of Jesus, not James the son of Alphaeus, but James the brother of Joses the son of Mary the wife of Cleophas (KJV) or Clopas (RSV) (Mark 15:47; Matthew 27:56; Luke 24:10; John 19:25).</ref>; the second was Simeon, the third Justus, the fourth Zaccheus, the fifth Tobias, the sixth Benjamin, the seventh John, the eighth Matthew, the ninth Phillip, the tenth Seneca, the eleventh Justus, the twelfth Levi, the thirteenth Ephres, the fourteenth Joseph, and finally the fifteenth Judas.

The times of the bishops in Jerusalem have not been regularly recorded and preserved, because tradition says they all lived only briefly. However, from writers of the time, down to the invasion of Judea under [[Hadrian]], there were fifteen successions of bishops in that church, all Hebrews from the beginning, who received the knowledge of Christ pure and unadulterated, so that, according to those who were able to judge, they were well-approved and worthy of the episcopal office. The first was James called the brother of our Lord<ref>Eusebius, when not quoting other writers, such as [[Hegesippus]], who call James (the Just) the brother of the Lord, always states that James (the Just) was "called the brother of our Lord". He shows in several places in his ''Church History'' that he was not convinced that James the Just was the natural offspring of Joseph and Mary the mother of Jesus, but the son of a relative according to Jewish custom called a brother of Jesus, and a son of a relative of Mary the mother of Jesus, not James the son of Alphaeus, but James the brother of Joses the son of Mary the wife of Cleophas (KJV) or Clopas (RSV) (Mark 15:47; Matthew 27:56; Luke 24:10; John 19:25).<br>See [[Helvidius]].</ref>; the second was Simeon, the third Justus, the fourth Zaccheus, the fifth Tobias, the sixth Benjamin, the seventh John, the eighth Matthew, the ninth Phillip, the tenth Seneca, the eleventh Justus, the twelfth Levi, the thirteenth Ephres, the fourteenth Joseph, and finally the fifteenth Judas.

== James the Just in Josephus<ref>The account of Josephus, ''Antiquities'' 20.9.1</ref> ==

== James the Just in Josephus<ref>The account of Josephus, ''Antiquities'' 20.9.1</ref> ==