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[[Image:St Jude mosaic.png|right|thumb|300px|A mosaic of Jude in [[Saint Peter|St. Peter]]'s Basilica]]

[[Image:St Jude mosaic.png|right|thumb|300px|A mosaic of Jude in [[Saint Peter|St. Peter]]'s Basilica]]

The '''Epistle of Jude''' is the twenty-fifth book of the [[New Testament]] (NT). It is often called "the most neglected book" in the NT.<ref>Rowston, Douglas J. ''The Most Neglected Book In The New Testament'' NTS (1975)</ref><ref>Ritenbaugh, Richard [http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Audio.details/ID/465/Jude.htm ''Keeping The Faith!''] CGG. Accessed 16 March 2008</ref> This is attributed<ref>Pawson, J. David ''Unlocking The Bible'' pp.1194-1195 (London, Collins; 2003) ISBN 978 0 00 716666 4</ref> to several reasons:

The '''Epistle of Jude''' is the twenty-fifth book of the [[New Testament]] (NT). The central [[Theology|theological]] theme of the Epistle of Jude is defending the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[faith]] against false teachers and encouraging believers to stand firm in their faith and to live according to the Christian faith. Other themes are God’s justice and judgment, Jesus as the new temple and loving God through obedience to Him.<ref>[https://bibleproject.com/guides/book-of-jude/ Book of Jude], BibleProject.com</ref>

 

It is often called "the most neglected book" in the NT.<ref>Rowston, Douglas J. ''The Most Neglected Book In The New Testament'' NTS (1975)</ref><ref>Ritenbaugh, Richard [http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Audio.details/ID/465/Jude.htm ''Keeping The Faith!''] CGG. Accessed 16 March 2008</ref> This is attributed<ref>Pawson, J. David ''Unlocking The Bible'' pp.1194-1195 (London, Collins; 2003) ISBN 978 0 00 716666 4</ref> to several reasons:

*its size (25 verses) - with [[Epistle to Philemon|Philemon]] and [[II John|2]] and [[III John|3 John]] it is one of the smallest books of the NT

*its size (25 verses) - with [[Epistle to Philemon|Philemon]] and [[II John|2]] and [[III John|3 John]] it is one of the smallest books of the NT

*its content - it contains puzzling references which are not clearly explained by other Scripture, e.g. [[Michael (archangel)|Michael the Archangel]] arguing with [[Satan]] over the body of [[Moses]]; references to "''the sons of Korah''" and angels imprisoned in dungeons

*its content - it contains puzzling references which are not clearly explained by other Scripture, e.g. [[Michael (archangel)|Michael the Archangel]] arguing with [[Satan]] over the body of [[Moses]]; references to "''the sons of Korah''" and angels imprisoned in dungeons