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[[Image:St Jude mosaic.png|right|thumb|200px|A mosaic of Jude in St. Peter's Basilica]]

[[Image:St Jude mosaic.png|right|thumb|200px|A mosaic of Jude in 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). 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 [[Second Epistle of John|2]] and [[Third Epistle of 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, e.g. [[Archangel]] [[Michael]] 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, e.g. [[Archangel]] [[Michael]] arguing with [[Satan]] over the body of [[Moses]]; references to "''the sons of Korah''" and angels imprisoned in dungeons

*it references the [[Apocrypha]]

*it references the [[Apocrypha]]