Who is this guy anyway? Mainline Christianity has done all they can to write him out of all history! He is a one of Catholicism's worst nightmares! Martin Luther couldn't stand him and made his work an addendum to the Bible even though he was later put back into the book. For most Christians to maintain their orthodox views (which really are right after all), they have to make this historical figure a persona non grata! Who is this man?
The VERIDICAL facts are that this man was one of the most righteous men in religious history. He was even reverently called "The JUST". He only wore LINEN, he was a vegetarian, and he was really the first POPE- not Peter. He was the first Bishop of the church at Jerusalem. Who is he?
James the Just- the brother of Jesus!
Now you know why the Catholic Church ignores him. How can Jesus have a brother if Mary was a virgin- perpetually? Good question! James was the leader of the Jewish Christian community, the head of the church, whom Paul did not like at all. Jewish Christian theology didn't sit well with Paul as his calling was to the Gentiles: even though the church Jewish church at Jerusalem accepted uncircumcised Gentiles into their fold.
As good as that was Paul wasn't interested in the historical Jesus whom he did not know by the flesh. Paul was only interested in the Christos: his main theme!
The Jewish Christian LOST and the Hellenistic Pauline Gentile Christians won. Eventually the Catholic Church prevailed and James the Just needed to get LOST! Neither James, the relatives of Jesus, nor the Jewish Christian Church at Jerusalem believed Jesus was born of a virgin (and James should know), nor did they see Jesus as God; rather, they saw Jesus as the Davidic Messiah.
Christians and Lutherans saw salvation as only by FAITH, so having James speak of faith by WORKS was just too much. In fact all FOUR of the primarily JEWISH works (James, Jude, Revelation, and Hebrews) were trashed by Martin Luther were put as an addendum at the back of his German Bible seeing them as inferior to the other books of the canon.
Who tells you such things these days?
History reveals the TRUTHS but the history of James the Just, the brother of Jesus causes too many problems for mainline Christianity to deal with these days. Besides, if the FACTS get out about James the Just, there's a lot of Christian dogma and doctrine that must change and who needs CHANGE? Have you seen the CHANGES since the 2008 election? Ah, that's another story for another time.
