By T.K. Wilson … There is very little recorded of the personal life of St. Jude Thaddeus in the Bible. What we do know is that he was the brother or cousin of Our Lord; the son of Mary, wife of Cleopas; and brother of James the Lesser, bishop of Jerusalem. He was often confused with Judas Iscariot (technically his name is Judas) so the writers and the apostle himself call him Jude or Thaddeus, which means “courageous heart” or “friend of God”.
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By Sarah Losardo … One of the sons of Zebedee – also known as the Sons of Thunder – John shows up in the Gospels as the “one who Jesus loved”, one of the ones who asked for a place at Jesus’ right and left hand, the one disciple who followed Jesus to the Cross, the only disciple not to be martyred, and the writer of a gospel, three letters, and the book of Revelation (or the Apocalypse). What else do we know about this apostle?
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By T.K. Wilson … James, the son of Alpheus, was one of the original Twelve Apostles called by Christ at the start of his ministry. According to tradition, he is one of Jesus’s cousins or half-brothers and brother of St. Jude. He is called “the Lesser ” or “The Just ” to avoid confusion with James son of Zebedee – though even this is disputed!
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