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James (Son of Alph us one of the Luke)

the son of Alphæus, one of the Luke vi: 15; Acts i: 13). His mother's 12 apostles (Mark iii: 18; Matt. x: 3; name was Mary (Matt. xxvii: 56; Mark called James the Less, either as being younger than James the son of Zebedee, or on account of his low stature (Mark brother of the Lord" (Gal. i: 19).

Epistle of St. James. The first of the general epistles. It was penned by either James, the son of Alphæus, or James, the brother of our Lord, if the two were different; by the apostle who bore both designations if they were the same. It was addressed to the 12 tribes scat- tered abroad, i. e., to the Jewish condesignations if they were the same. verts to Christianity beyond the limits tered abroad, i. e., to the Jewish conof Palestine. Its teaching is in discon- It