Book Of James Catholic Commentary. This expression is to express that these epistles are not addressed to a certain assembly, nor to certain christians neither to individuals but to the christians in general (catholic meaning general). James became the first bishop of jerusalem, a post he held from ad 40 until 62 when he was martyred under the persecution wrought by herod agrippa.
Western scholars knew about it only from jude and scattered references from the church fathers.in 1773, scottish traveler james bruce brought it back from ethiopia, where the ge’ez translation survived because the ethiopian orthodox church alone among christian churches considered it scripture.beginning in the 1800s, it began to impact biblical studies because it shed light on multiple. Reformed commentary on the book of james. 2 my brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations ;
James’s epistle is really an epistle of straw, compared to these others, for it has nothing of the nature of the gospel.
This expression is to express that these epistles are not addressed to a certain assembly, nor to certain christians neither to individuals but to the christians in general (catholic meaning general). James represents a type of early christianity that emphasized sound teaching and responsible moral behavior. The catholic letters the church calls the seven epistles (james, first and second peter, first, second and third letters of john, also jude) the catholic letters, that is universal 1 because they are general, that is, they were not directed toward a certain church nor a city nor a specific person, as in the case of the apostle’s letters. The word “scattered” is diaspora.