Tradiciones de Santiago, hijo de Alfeo

 

Martirio de Santiago, hijo de Alfeo

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And it came to pass that, when James the Apostle was coming into Jerusalem to preach therein the Holy Gospel, and all the wonderful things of the Divinity [of Christ], so that all those who heard thereof from him might believe in God with a pure heart, and obtain salvation, he meditated within himself, and said, "How shall "these people hearken unto [these words] from me and "believe?" Then he came into the synagogue wherein the multitudes were gathered together, and there were very many Jews sitting there, and he began to tell the A. fol.ggb.story [of the Gospel] among | them all, with great joy and gladness, and he | multiplied his words and revealed without fear. And he testified concerning the Only Son of God, tlie Word of Life, the Lord of all the world, Jesus Christ, Who is the Son of God in very truth, for He existed with the Father before all the world, and He was with the Father and the Father was in Him, and He was the Word, even as it saith, "Let US make "man in Our own image and likeness."' It is He Who dwelleth in heaven, and it is He Who existeth with His Father, and He sitteth upon the chariots [Page 224] of the Cherubim and of the Seraphim who praise Him. It is He Who [sitteth] at the right hand of the Majesty in the heights of heaven. It is He Who was carried in the womb of the Virgin Mary. It is He Who is the God Jesus Christ, to Whom the Virgin Mary gave birth. It is He Who is the Lord, Who rose from the dead.

These are the words which the Apostle spake in the ^°°*" . . col. I. midst of the multitudes who were gathered together, and he was afraid of no man. And he was testifying con- cerning the I birth of the only Son of God, and His Death, B. fol. and His Resurrection, and His Ascension to His Father *^°** col. I. in heaven, and he taught all the people who were to- gether there the faith [which] is in Christ. And it came to pass that, when the multitudes heard the words of the Apostle, they became exceedingly angry with the anger which is of Satan, who was with them against the Apostle of God Jesus Christ, and all the people were seeking after his blood. Then those who had heard his speech laid hold upon the blessed Apostle, and they brought him before Claudius the king, and they set up against him lying witnesses who said unto the king, "This is the "man who corrupteth [men], and who goeth round about "in the provinces and in the cities and saith unto the "people [thereof], 'I am a servant of Jesus Christ,' and he "preventeth them from being subject unto the king." And wlien the king | heard these things concerning | the blessed Apostle he commanded them to stone him with stones until he died, and the Jews (may God curse them!) stoned him with stones, even as the king had commanded tliem. In this wise did the martyrdom of the blessed Apostle, James the son of Alphaeus, take place, on the tenth day of the month Yakatit;' and he was buried by the sanct- uary in Jerusalem.