In the New Testament we read many times about Jesus' brothers and sisters. Some are named and appear in the Early Church. There is no family tree or a passage explaining it, but if we piece together ...

This week let us head to the back of the Bible to the Book of Jude. It is the next to last chapter in the Bible and the ...

It becomes clear that if one links authorship to Jude, brother of James and Jesus, the dating will be earlier, probably before 70 A.D. (Brosend, James and Jude, 6-7).

Judas Iscariot betrays Jesus, and all of the Twelve forsake Jesus at his arrest, again as foretold. The three women at the tomb, including the mother of Jesus, are so afraid when a “young man” inside ...

A reliquary holding fragments of the arm bones of St. Jude, cousin of Jesus Christ, was displayed at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Slidell on March 12.

In November 2002, the world was captivated by the discovery of a 2,000 year-old bone box bearing the inscription: James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus.

Therefore, I identify the author of Jude with the brother of Jesus, as named in Mark 6:3 and Matthew 13:55. Catholics, of course, do not identify James and Jude as brothers of Jesus by Mary and ...