“Do you really mean to say that James—no less than an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ—failed to explain faith correctly?” ... Yes Um, are you sure of what you wrote?... James an Apostle of the twelve?
The reason I asked is because during His ministry, the family of the Lord (except His Mother) were not followers of Him. It was only after Jesus appeared to James that he believed. He was the leader of the Church in Jerusalem for 19 years and remained a devout Jew. James was martyred because he would not recant having seen the Lord after the crucifixion.
But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord’s brother. (Gal 1:19)
He wasn’t one of the original 12, but he was an apostle. There were other apostles besides the original ones. Matthias took Judas’s spot (Acts 1) Barnabas and Paul were also apostles (Rom. 1: 1; 1 Cor. 1: 1; 1 Cor. 9: 1; Gal. 1: 1, 1 Cor. 9: 5-6; Acts 14: 4, 14).