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'''James''' ([[Hebrew]]: '''יעקב''' ''Ya'aqov'' "holder of the heel") '''the Lesser''' <ref>[http://www.christiananswers.net/bible/mark15.html#40 Mark 15:40]</ref> was the brother of Joses and the son of a woman named Mary.<ref>[http://www.christiananswers.net/bible/mat27.html#56 Matthew 27:56]; [http://www.christiananswers.net/bible/mark16.html#1 Mark 16:1];[http://www.christiananswers.net/bible/luke24.html#10 Luke 24:10])</ref> There are five biblical men named James, and James the Lesser is sometimes identified with James, son of Alphaeus, one of the Twelve Apostles, and is also sometimes identified with [[Saint]] [[James the Just]].
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James the Less was one of the twelve Apostles of Jesus, one of two Apostles named James, and the author of the first Catholic Epistle.  His father was Alphaeus of Cleophas, and his mother Mary was a close relative of Mary, the mother of Jesus.  For this reason James was sometimes called the brother of the Lord. James the Less was a witness of the Resurrection of Christ, and Paul would consult him about the Gospel.
 
  
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James the Less was the first Bishop of Jerusalem, and was probably martyred around the year 62. Non-Christian Jews respected James the Less and called him "James the Just."
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==Source==
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*''James'' [http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/james.html Christian Answers Network] accessed June 23, 2007
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James the Less wrote his epistle around year 49 A.D., or perhaps a decade later. Interestingly, it states that faith alone is not sufficient :
 
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"2:17  Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone."
 
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"2:19  Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
 
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2:20  But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?"
 
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"2:24  Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only."
 
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"2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also."
 
  
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Revision as of 21:10, June 23, 2007

James (Hebrew: יעקב Ya'aqov "holder of the heel") the Lesser [1] was the brother of Joses and the son of a woman named Mary.[2] There are five biblical men named James, and James the Lesser is sometimes identified with James, son of Alphaeus, one of the Twelve Apostles, and is also sometimes identified with Saint James the Just.

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  1. ↑ Mark 15:40
  2. ↑ Matthew 27:56; Mark 16:1;Luke 24:10)
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