James the Just

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James the Just is a key figure of the early Christian church, traditionally identified as Jesus’ brother and the first leader of the Jerusalem Christian community.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

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Generate an image of James the Just (James the Just is a key figure of the early Christian church, traditionally identified as Jesus’ brother and the first leader of the Jerusalem Christian community.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
James the Just canonical 33
Apostle James the Just 2
James the Just as key leader 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf New Testament person ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ
early Christian leader ⓘ
saint ⓘ
alsoKnownAs James of Jerusalem ⓘ
James the Righteous ⓘ
James, the brother of the Lord ⓘ
Saint James the Just ⓘ
linked to: James the Just
associatedWith Jerusalem ⓘ
attributedWork Epistle of James ⓘ
culturalContext Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
deathCause martyrdom (traditional view) ⓘ
deathPlace Jerusalem (traditional view) ⓘ
linked to: Jerusalem
describedAs the Lord’s brother ⓘ
describedIn Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
Epistle to the Galatians ⓘ
Epistle to the James (attributed) ⓘ
linked to: Epistle of James

First Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
Pauline epistles ⓘ
linked to: Pauline Epistles
disputedAttribution authorship of the Epistle of James ⓘ
era 1st century ⓘ
familyRelation brother of Jesus (traditional view) ⓘ
cousin or close relative of Jesus (Catholic and Orthodox interpretation) ⓘ
son of Joseph (traditional view in some traditions) ⓘ
son of Mary (traditional view in some traditions) ⓘ
feastDay May 1 (some Anglican calendars) ⓘ
May 3 (Roman Catholic, with Philip) ⓘ
October 23 (Eastern Orthodox) ⓘ
knownFor emphasis on observance of the Law (as reported by some sources) ⓘ
mediating between Jewish and Gentile Christians ⓘ
piety and righteousness ⓘ
prominent leadership in the early Church ⓘ
language Aramaic (likely spoken) ⓘ
Greek (context of early Christian writings) ⓘ
mentionedIn Acts 12:17 ⓘ
Acts 15:13 ⓘ
Acts 21:18 ⓘ
Galatians 1:19 ⓘ
Galatians 2:9 ⓘ
participatedIn Council of Jerusalem ⓘ
positionHeld head of the Jerusalem Christian community ⓘ
leader at the Council of Jerusalem ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
role apostolic figure ⓘ
church elder ⓘ
leader of the Jerusalem church ⓘ
pillar of the early Church ⓘ
source Eusebius of Caesarea ⓘ
Hegesippus ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Lutheran Churches ⓘ
linked to: Lutheranism

Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orthodox Church of Jerusalem → claimsFoundationBy → Apostle James the Just ⓘ
linked to: James the Just
Council of Jerusalem → presidedOverBy → James the Just ⓘ
James the brother of Jesus → alsoKnownAs → James the Just ⓘ
Protoevangelium of James → attributedTo → James the Just ⓘ
James the Just → alsoKnownAs → Saint James the Just ⓘ
linked to: James the Just
Early Christians → keyFigure → James the Just ⓘ
Epistle of James → attributedAuthor → James the Just ⓘ
James II of Aragon → name → James the Just ⓘ
James the Less → possibleIdentificationWith → James the Just ⓘ
subject linked to: the Less
James the Less → distinguishedFrom → James the Just ⓘ
subject linked to: the Less
James of Jerusalem → alsoKnownAs → James the Just ⓘ
Patriarchate of Jerusalem → claimsApostolicSeeOf → Apostle James the Just ⓘ
linked to: James the Just
Jerusalem church → associatedWith → James the Just ⓘ
Jerusalem church → ledBy → James the Just as key leader ⓘ
linked to: James the Just
James the Righteous → hasAlternativeName → James the Just ⓘ
James the Just → alsoKnownAs → James the Just ⓘ
subject linked to: James
Hegesippus → wroteAbout → James the Just ⓘ
Hegesippus → associatedWithFigure → James the Just ⓘ
Liturgy of St. James → namedAfter → James the Just ⓘ
Scott McKnight → hasWrittenOn → James the Just ⓘ
Epistle of James → traditionalAuthor → James the Just ⓘ
subject linked to: James
Apostle Jude → possibleBrotherOf → James the Just ⓘ
Epistles → attributedTo → James the Just ⓘ
Sanctus Iacobus → distinguishedFrom → James the Just ⓘ
James (given name) → borneBy → James the Just ⓘ
subject linked to: James is of Hebrew origin
Jewish Christianity → associatedWith → James the Just ⓘ
Hypomnemata → mentions → James the Just ⓘ
James the Brother of the Lord → alsoKnownAs → James the Just ⓘ
Anaphora of St. James → namedAfter → James the Just ⓘ