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James The Less
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002 (message contributor)
James the Less
Is supposed by some to have been the brother of our Lord, by a former wife of Joseph. This is very doubtful, and accords too much with the Catholic superstition, that Mary never had any other children except our Savior. He was elected to the oversight of the churches of Jerusalem; and was the author of the Epistle ascribed to James in the sacred canon. At the age of ninety-four he was beat and stoned by the Jews; and finally had his brains dashed out with a fuller’s club.
Bibliography Information
Foxe, John. "Book - Chapter ". "Foxe’s Book of Martyrs".
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