The_Scandalous_Messages_of_James

The Scandalous Messages of James “If the letter of James were sent to the Christian communities of certain countries that suffer from violence and exploitation, it would very possibly be intercepted by government security agencies” -Elsa Tamez James’ letter made many people suspicious. Even though it was probably written at the end of the first century, it did not make it into the canon until the end of the forth century. Even then it still faced challenges and criticism until after the formation of the canon. Even Martin Luther attacked the book of James, saying it was not faithful to the gospel of Christ, that it had nothing of the nature of the gospel about it. Martin Luther actually placed the book of James at the end of his German Translation of the New Testament. The books of Hebrews, Jude, and Revelation soon joined the book of James. Martin Luther detested these books so much that he did not list them in the table of contents. Even the modern editions of the German translation still has these books at the end, only now they are included in the table of contents. Even today, the book of James james, poor, rich, letter, people, tamez, god, because, patience, ye, oppression, oppressed, hope, person, angle, written, lord, integrity, faith, community, christian, author, word, very, two, shall, laborers, end, book, about, wealth, thy, therefore, suffering, resist