Then why was it that James the Just, blood brother of Jesus, was the first ruling Apostle in Jerusalem after the crucification - with John and Peter basically in councilor positions, these three making up what Paul sneeringly referred to as "The so-called pillars of the Church"
It's all in the NT - James was the head Apostle until his death - stoned in the courtyard of the Temple by Temple Priests, in 62AD - and then other family members of Jesus succeeded - it's all there in the New Testament - the book that the Roman Church that came into being some 300+ years after the crucification, forbade, on pain of torture/death, to own or read for themselves - that they kept from being translated into the peoples own languages so they COULD - (Blast that Luther and King James!) = my own ancestors were arrested, harried and driven to sell their homes and, ultimately, leave their countries in order to have the freedom to own/read the Bible...and follow what Jesus, Himself, actually taught -
Where is it stated that James was the blood brother of Jesus?
What's your source on this? It is the first time I have heard this angle. JST?
Never mind, I figured it out...