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Catholic Encyclopedia: Saint James the Less, identifying the Apostle James with James, brother of Jesus (James the Just) St. James the Less, Apostle at the Christian Iconography web site; Here Followeth of James the Less from Caxton's translation of the Golden Legend; James the Less: The Latter Rain Page Archived 14 March 2008 at the Wayback ...
James the Apostle is said the Less, how well that was the elder of age than was St. James the More. He was called also the brother of our Lord, because I have resembled much well our Lord in body, in visage, and of manner. He was called James the Just for his right great holiness. He was also called James the son of Alpheus.
After saying that James the Less is the same as James, the son of Mary of Cleophas, wife of Alphaeus and sister of Mary the Lord's mother, Jerome describes in his work De Viris Illustribus that James "the brother of the Lord" is the same as James, the son of Alpaheus and Mary of Cleophas:
James the Great [a] (Koinē Greek: Ἰάκωβος, romanized: Iákōbos; Aramaic: ܝܥܩܘܒ, romanized: Yaʿqōḇ; died AD 44) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. According to the New Testament , he was the second of the apostles to die (after Judas Iscariot ), and the first to be martyred . [ 1 ]
James, son of Alphaeus (died c. 62), Apostle, also known as James the Less; James the Less, possibly the same as the son of Alphaeus or the brother of Jesus; James Intercisus (died 421), also known as St James the Mutilated; James the Deacon (died after 671), Roman deacon and missionary to England
The author is identified as "James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ" (James 1:1). James (Jacob, Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, romanized: Ya'aqov, Ancient Greek: Ιάκωβος, romanized: Iakobos) was an extremely common name in antiquity, and a number of early Christian figures are named James, including: James the son of Zebedee, James the Less, James the son of Alphaeus, and James ...
James, brother of Jesus (James the Just), traditionally attributed to be the author of the Epistle of James; James the Less, who may or may not be the same person as James the brother of Jesus or James, son of Alphaeus
In his letter to the Galatians (written 50–57), Paul only mentions the "three pillars" James, Simon Peter and John (Gal 2:9). [12] Icon representation of St. James. According to the list of witnesses of the early church (1 Cor 15:3-8 ), James, a brother of Jesus, had received his own vision of the risen Christ.