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The author is identified as "James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ" (James 1:1). James (Jacob, Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, romanized: Ya'aqov, Ancient Greek: Ιάκωβος, romanized: Iakobos) was an extremely common name in antiquity, and a number of early Christian figures are named James, including: James the son of Zebedee, James the Less, James the son of Alphaeus, and James ...
Sermon 80: On Friendship with the World - James 4:4; Sermon 81: In What Sense We Are to Leave the World - 2 Corinthians 6:17-18; Sermon 82: On Temptation - 1 Corinthians 10:13; Sermon 83: On Patience - James 1:4; Sermon 84: The Important Question - Matthew 16:26; Sermon 85: On Working out our Own Salvation - Philippians 2:12-13
1 Timothy 5:8 – If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. James 2:26 – For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. Reliance upon God is not mentioned, but is strongly implied in addition to helping one's ...
[4] [5] The tractate is a Coptic translation of a Greek original, [4] probably written in Egypt, [1] [4] with estimates of the date ranging from c. 100 AD [2] to c. 200 AD. [1] [5] The content of the text mainly consists of James the Just's [1] recollection of a special revelation that Jesus gave to James and Peter. [1]
Charity has two parts: love of God and love of man, which includes both love of one's neighbor and one's self. [7] In 1 Corinthians 13, Paul places the greatest emphasis on charity (love). "So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love." He describes it this way:
[12] [17] [18] The primary focus of the Divine Mercy devotion is the merciful love of God and the desire to let that love and mercy flow through one's own heart towards those in need of it. [17] Pope John Paul II was a follower of the Divine Mercy devotion, due to Saint Mary Faustina Kowalska (1905–1938), who is known as the Apostle of Mercy ...
[3] In 1 Thessalonians 5:8, he refers to this triad of virtues again, "But since we are of the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love and the helmet that is hope for salvation." [4] In 1 Corinthians 13, Paul places the greater emphasis on Charity (Love). "So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of ...
The Chapel of St. James the Great, located to the left of the sanctuary, is the traditional place where he was martyred when King Agrippa ordered him to be beheaded (Acts 12:1–2). His head is believed to be buried under the altar, marked by a piece of red marble and surrounded by six votive lamps.