Category: Saint James the Greater, Apostle

Was James the Greater?

To call James, cousin to Jesus and John, son of Zebedee, the Greater might make him sound somehow more important or above the other apostles. He was no more great then James the Lesser. Calling James great was simply a way to distinguish him from the other James.

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A Feast for a Son of Thunder

I remember reading once that Christ changed people’s names because He could, that it somehow was a part of His Holy Divinity. They compared this to God of the Old Testement. Abram became Abraham, Sarai became Sarah and Jacob became Israel. These were done for various reasons by God Himself.

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