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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mary of Cleophas |
 | | If it stood alone, we should feel inclined to render it "wife of (or sister of) James", but the recurrence of the expression "Mary the mother of James and Joseph" compels us to render it in the same way when we only read "Mary of James". |
| | Mary of Cleophas, or Alpheus, would be the sister-in-law of the Blessed Virgin, and the term "sister", adelphe, in John, xix, 25, would cover this. |
| | Cleophas (xxiv, 18), also speaks of Alpheus (6:15; Acts 1:13). |
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