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== Epistle ==

== Epistle ==

[[File:Jacobus Minor San Giovanni in Laterano 2006-09-07.jpg|thumbnail|right|300px|Statue of St. James the Less in the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran by Angelo de Rossi]]

[[File:Jacobus Minor San Giovanni in Laterano 2006-09-07.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|Statue of St. James the Less in the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran by Angelo de Rossi]]

Author of the [[Epistle of James|first Catholic Epistle]], his discourse is an exhortation to practical Christian living. His most famous teaching, and most controversial, is found in James 2:14-26{{cquote|What ''doth it'' profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ''ye'' warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what ''doth it'' profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness; and he was call the Friend of God. Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and '''not by [[Sola fide|faith only]]'''. Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent ''them'' out another way? For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. <br>—KJV text (<small>''boldface emphasis added''</small>)}}

Author of the [[Epistle of James|first Catholic Epistle]], his discourse is an exhortation to practical Christian living. His most famous teaching, and most controversial, is found in James 2:14-26{{cquote|What ''doth it'' profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ''ye'' warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what ''doth it'' profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness; and he was call the Friend of God. Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and '''not by [[Sola fide|faith only]]'''. Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent ''them'' out another way? For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. <br>—KJV text (<small>''boldface emphasis added''</small>)}}