[Iscool]

I made this in my last point, but I’ll say it again. The Epistle of James was a rebuke of the One-and-Done Faith position that could be attributed to Paul. Here’s what Martin Luther (a famous lover of the Apostle Paul) said about the Book of James:

So why would you chose James over Paul??? James wrote one book...Paul wrote a whole slew of them...And Paul's books were addressed to the churches...And Paul says his teaching comes directly from Jesus Christ...

James is addressing his book to the 12 Tribes scattered abroad...What tribe are you in???

[Bishop_Malachi]

So why would you chose James over Paul??? James wrote one book...Paul wrote a whole slew of them...And Paul’s books were addressed to the churches...And Paul says his teaching comes directly from Jesus Christ...

James is addressing his book to the 12 Tribes scattered abroad...What tribe are you in???

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Because some Christians were embracing Paul’s views to degenerate effect. That was the whole issue. “I’m saved! Now it’s party time!” It was a problem then just as it is today with those who think simple affirmation that Jesus is Lord is all it takes to attain irrevocable Salvation. There were people in Paul’s day who literally embraced the Faith and hedonism. It was such an embarrassment that Paul had to address it in his letters; and it is this philosophy that James is writing against. James is just one book, but it is a critical correction to Pauline excess.

[Luircin]

So why would you chose James over Paul???

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From past experience, most Catholics do so because James has a single verse that matches what Catholics have already decided is true.

And then completely ignore the bits of James that contradict Catholicism.

[kosciusko51]

Regarding James vs. Paul, the questions is do works follow faith, or is it faith + works? c.f. Ephesians 2:8-10.

James and Paul are not in opposition, rather they stand back-to-back to antinomians and legalists.