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- Holy Apostle James, the Brother of the Lord and First Bishop of Jerusalem (63)
- His Hebrew name is Jacob. He was a close
kinsman of Christ, and was therefore called, according to the Jewish
usage of the time, his "brother." Some accounts say that he was a child
of Joseph by his first marriage; others accounts say that he was the son
of Joseph's brother Cleopas and his wife Mary, who was first cousin of
the Theotokos. He took the Nazirite vows of one completely consecrated
to God according to the Law, and from a young age he was called "the
Just" by his people. He is called James the Lesser in Scripture (Mark
15:40) to distinguish him from James the son of Zebedee, who is called
the Greater. The Apostles appointed him first Bishop of Jerusalem. It
was he who presided at the earliest Council of the Church in Jerusalem,
where he resolved the problem of how gentile converts should be received
into the Church (see Acts 15). He wrote the New Testament Epistle,
addressed primarily to Jewish converts to the Faith, that bears his
name. About the year 62, he ascended to the peak of the Temple in
Jerusalem on Passover, and there bore witness to Christ so effectively
that the people cried out "Hosanna to the Son of David." At this, the
Scribes and Pharisees, fearing that all the people would be converted to
Christ, cast him down to the ground. By God's grace, he survived long
enough to rise, kneel and pray, like his Master, "Forgive them, Father,
for they know not what they do." He was then clubbed to death by one of
the scribes.
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