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The problem for Paulism is St. James's Epistle? lol! Since Paul's writings of the Church the Body of Christ is to be found in Romans through Philemon, James doesn't even figure into the mix. James is written to Whom? "To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad." The Jews. Not the body of Christ, where there is neither Jew nor Greek, male nor female, bond nor free. If you would rightly divide your Bible, you would know this. James is part of the "Ages to Come" of Eph. 2. That would be Hebrews through Revelation. We are in "But Now", where you will find Paul's Epistles to the Church which is His body.

Still and always, the problem for Catholicism is found in Paul's writings.

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Even Luther worked toward reconciling the epistle with his theology.

It seems your teachers have found it much easier: Just ignore the parts you don’t like or don’t fit your theology, whether it be St. James or Jesus.

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James is written to Whom?

Romans is written "to all in Rome."

I think you have license to throw out all the epistles now.

Of course there are parts of scripture that address certain audiences, and this is properly used to understand the meaning.

But dividing out entire books and dividing out Jesus's ministry...?

Hard to fathom, but easy to understand why it won't get very far. At least not as long as Christian means a follower of Christ.