Jude, brother of Jesus

Jude (alternatively Judas or Judah; Greek: Ἰούδας) is one of the brothers of Jesus (Greek: ἀδελφοί, romanized: adelphoi, lit. 'brethren')^[1]^[2] according to the New Testament. He is traditionally identified as the author of the Epistle of Jude, a short epistle which is reckoned among the seven general epistles of the New Testament—placed after Paul's epistles and before the Book of Revelation—and considered canonical by Christians.^[3]^[4] Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians believe this Jude is the same person as Jude the Apostle; Catholics hold that Jude was a cousin, but not literally a brother of Jesus, while the Eastern Orthodox hold that Jude is St. Joseph’s son from a previous marriage.^[5]

^ Greek New Testament, Matthew 13:55 Archived 2016-12-15 at the Wayback Machine: "οὐχ οὖτός ἐστιν ὁ τοῦ τέκτονος υἱός; οὐχ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ λέγεται μαριὰμ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ ἰάκωβος καὶ ἰωσὴφ καὶ σίμων καὶ ἰούδας;"
^ Mark 6:3
^ Thomas Patrick Halton, On Illustrious Men, Volume 100 of Fathers of the Church: a new translation, CUA Press, 1999 p. 11
^ See Richard Bauckham Archived 2023-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, Jerome Archived 2023-10-03 at the Wayback Machine and the Early Church Fathers Archived 2017-11-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ Bechtel, F. (1907). "The Brethren of the Lord". The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Archived from the original on 2000-02-29. Retrieved 2006-09-17.