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Sun 18 Nov, 2012 07:20 am
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Seekers, there are answers to these questions. There is joy and
peace to be found in the harmony of God's creation. In the up-
stairs hall of my home hangs a beautifully decorated pair of
scripture verses, illuminated in many colors by the hand of my
daughter. I come back to those verses many times when I am
struggling for answers, and they never fail to remind me of the
nature of true wisdom: "But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him
ask of God, who gives to all men generously and without re-
proach, and it will be given him" (James 1:5). "The wisdom
from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable,
full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy"
(James 3:17).
Yes. And, in my clearly biased opinion, it's the best one.
Sometimes called the Letter of James or the Epistle of James and is purported to be written by Jesus' brother James. Martin Luther once said that he wished it had been left out of the bible because it differs so much from the rest of the canon (all heavily influenced by Paul).
@JPB,
JPB wrote:
Yes. And, in my clearly biased opinion, it's the best one.
Sometimes called the Letter of James or the Epistle of James and is purported to be written by Jesus' brother James. Martin Luther once said that he wished it had been left out of the bible because it differs so much from the rest of the canon (all heavily influenced by Paul).
Excellent!
That is, both Jesus and James were born to Holy Mary (and Joseph)?
@oristarA,
Oh, well, now you're treading into controversial areas of the Jesus story/myth/Who knows?
Here's wiki's attempt to sort it all out.
Quote:Jesus had "brothers and sisters", as reported in Mark[3] 6:3[4] and Matthew 13:55-56.[5] The canonical Gospels name four brothers, James, Joseph (Joses), Judas, and Simon, but only James is otherwise known. After Jesus' death, James, "the Lord's brother",[6] was the head of the congregation in Jerusalem[3] and Jesus' relatives may have held positions of authority in the surrounding area.[7]
The literal interpretation of what is written in the New Testament is that Jesus' siblings were children either of Joseph or of Mary or of both. That they were children of both was accepted by some members of the early Christian church, including Tertullian.[8] The orthodox later labelled upholders of this view as "Antidicomarianites" ("Anti-Mary"), when it was represented by Bonosus (bishop), Jovinian, and various Arian teachers such as Photinus. When Helvidius proposed it in the 4th century, Jerome, apparently representing the general opinion of the Church, maintained that Mary remained always a virgin; he held that those who were called the brothers and sisters of Jesus were actually children of her sister, another Mary, whom he considered the wife of Clopas.[8][9] The terms "brothers" and "sisters" as used in this context are open to different interpretations,[10] and have been argued to refer to children of Joseph by a previous marriage (the view of Epiphanius of Salamis), Mary's sister's children (the view of Jerome), or children of Clopas, who according to Hegesippus was Joseph's brother,[11] and of a woman who was not a sister of Mary, the mother of Jesus (a modern proposal).[8] Certain critical scholars say that the doctrine of perpetual virginity has obscured recognition that Jesus had siblings.[12]
Brothers of Jesus