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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. James the Less |
 | | This identification requires the identity of Mary, the mother of James (Matthew 27:56; Mark 15:40), with Mary the wife of Cleophas (John 19:25), and, consequently, the identity of Alpheus (2) and Clopas (4). |
 | | There is, at any rate, very good ground (Galatians 1:19, 2:9, 2:12) for believing that the Apostle James, the son of Alpheus is the same person as James, the brother of the Lord, the well-known Bishop of Jerusalem of the Acts. |
 | | Had we not identified James, the son of Alpheus with the brother of the Lord, we should only know his name and his Apostleship. |
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