It’s a sad fluke of history when we forget the prominent people who shaped their times. It’s even sadder when the Church has succumbed to this failing. But that such a fate should fall on such a first-rank figure of the Apostolic Church is even more worthy of lamentation. James, the stepbrother of Jesus, was […]
October 23rd: James of Jerusalem (or James the Just)
October 17, 2011 by
This Sunday, October 23rd, we will be remembering St. James of Jerusalem. Our Treasury of Daily Prayer notes that while some modern theologians believe St. James to have been the child of Joseph and the Blessed Virgin, throughout most of the Church (historically and even today) the title “brother” is understood as “cousin” or “kinsman.” […]
