James

Objective: 

• Trials vs Temptations
• Partiality
• Faith and works
• The Tongue
• Heavenly wisdom
• Lustful desires
• Worldly richess

Resources:

• Fr Tadros Y Malaty Commentary
• Catena Bible Commentary
• HEMY
• Fr Dawoud Lamie Bible study (Arabic)
  

Reading:

• James 1
• James 2
• James 3
• James 4
• James 5

Key verse(s):

"Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works" James 2:18

Comments:

• The Catholic Epistles are Seven
• Catholic = Universal
• The Catholic Epistles differ from the Pauline Epistles as they were not sent to specific persons (Timothy - Titus) or Churches (Galatians - Romans) but sent to Christians in the world
• The Author:
  • He is James, the son of Alphaeus
  • One of the twelve disciples
  • He was known as the Lord’s brother as his mother was a sister to St. Mary the Virgin, the wife of Clopas, which means Alphaeus in Aramaic
  • The first Bishop of Jerusalem (Acts 15)
  • He headed the Council of Jerusalem in 51 AD (Acts 15)
  • He was ascetic and used to kneel during prayer until his knees became like those of camel

Review/recap questions:
**Servant may add more questions

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Homework:
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