Who was the origenal St. Jude?

Answer 1

St. Jude, known as Thaddaeus, was a brother of St. James the Less, and a relative of Our Saviour. St. Jude was one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus.

Ancient writers tell us that he preached the Gospel in Judea, Samaria, Idumaea, Syria, Mesopotamia, and Lybia. According to Eusebius, he returned to Jerusalem in the year 62, and assisted at the election of his brother, St. Simeon, as Bishop of Jerusalem.

He is an author of an epistle (letter) to the Churches of the East, particularly the Jewish converts, directed against the heresies of the Simonians, Nicolaites, and Gnostics. This Apostle is said to have suffered martyrdom in Armenia, which was then subject to Persia. The final conversion of the Armenian nation to Christianity did not take place until the third century of our era.

Jude was the one who asked Jesus at the Last Supper why He would not manifest Himself to the whole world after His resurrection. Little else is known of his life. Legend claims that he visited Beirut and Edessa; possibly martyred with St. Simon in Persia.

Jude is invoked in desperate situations because his New Testament letter stresses that the faithful should persevere in the environment of harsh, difficult circumstances, just as their forefathers had done before them. Therefore, he is the patron saint of desperate cases and his feast day is October 28.

Answer 2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Jude
Saint Jude was a brother of St. James the Less. These brothers have often been identified with Jude, brother of Jesus and James the Just, two of the "brethren of the Lord" mentioned in Mark 6:3:

"Isn't this the carpenter? Isn't this Mary's son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" (New International Version).

To clarify, the "brothers" mean that they came from the same area, not blood related. IT's like I'm from NY. If you were from NY as well, you'd be my brother.

"Saint Juda" is credited in the Armenian Apostolic Church with bringing Christianity to Armenia. Jude is the Roman Catholic Church's patron saint of desperate cases and lost causes. Saint Jude's attribute is a club. He is also often shown in icons with a flame around his head. This represents his presence at Pentecost, when he received the Holy Spirit with the other apostles. Occasionally he is represented holding an axe or halberd, as he was brought to death by one of these weapons. In some instances he may be shown with a scroll or a book (his epistle) or holding a carpenter's rule.

http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=127

Answer 3

Jude was a brother of James both were brothers of Jesus.
But Jude and James never capitalized on that relationship.

Answer 4

He was a near-kinsman of Jesus, some say his half-brother.

He wrote a short book in the New Testament decrying false teaching.

There is not a single part of his book that has anything to do with "impossible causes" that I can see. How he got that intercessory job nobody knows.

Answer 5

No not the blood brother of Jesus but more likely a cousin,Jesus had no blood-related brothers, the term brother was used as is still used in many parts of the world to show kindred spirit.

Answer 6

Jude was the brother of Jesus and the writer of the book that bears his name.

Answer 7

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