Can we honestly discuss the Book of James? I'm convinced

I've heard many explanations, but was convinced by none.

According to wiki the epistle

>was not mentioned by Tertullian, who was writing at the end of the Second Century.[38] It is also absent from the Muratorian fragment, the earliest known list of New Testament books.[citation needed]

james was only gradually accepted into the canon, and many Christians contested it's authenticity, including Theodore, Bishop of Mopsuestia in Cilicia, Eusebius, Jerome, Victorinus and most notably Luther.

>The Protestant reformer Martin Luther denied it was the work of an apostle and termed it an "epistle of straw"

It's als interesting to note that

>Its late recognition in the Church, especially in the West, may be explained by the fact that it was written for or by Jewish Christians, and therefore not widely circulated among the Gentile Churches.
>Jewish Christians

Could it be that the author of James was a member of the judaizing sect, and that this was a judaizer epistle that accidentally slipped into the canon?

>>2439946
Good works don't save but a sign that you are saved. We saved through faith and then we produce good works as evidence.


Matthew 7:16
By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

Bump.

Where are all the Christians?

Wasn't faith alone exclusively found in Paul's epistles?

>>2439946
Hebrews chapter eleven details what faith means and how faithful ones of old held faith and demonstrated it in certain actions. So the scripture in James, or the whole book as you claim, isn't an isolated train of thought regarding faith. All scriptures must remain in harmony for the biblical doctrine to remain intact.

>>2440745
See>>2442851

>>2439946
Radial idea here, perhaps the people who wrote the bible were not of one mind and occasionally had contradictory opinions on major issues

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>>2442872
I think they are complimentary more than straight up contradictory desu
James emphasizes works because like he says, faith without works is dead. If we hold true faith in Jesus Christ we should be committing good works, which proves our faith to be true

Not so many replies huh? I guess /his/ likes controversial shit posting best.

>Catholics aren't Christian
>Based Luther
Am I doing it right?

>>2442955
The proper Christian--or at least Catholic--answer to the question has been posted a few times already. Unless we want to continue the discussion about the origins of James, there's not much more to discuss.

I do think Luther's treatment of it is one of the most hypocritical things in the history of Christianity. "Sola scriptura" my ass.