Jude Thaddeus was born 1st century AD in Galilee, Judaea, Roman Empire. He is generally identified with Thaddeus (Matthew 10:3), and is also variously called Jude of James (Luke 6:16), Jude Thaddaeus, Judas Thaddaeus or Lebbaeus to distinguish him from Judas Isacriot, the traitor. The nickname "Thaddeus" came from the Aramaic word "tadda," meaning "magnanimous." He spoke both Greek and Aramaic. Before the call of Jesus, his occupation was a farmer.
During the Last Supper, Jude asked Jesus: "Master, what happened that you will reveal yourself to us and not to the world?" And Jesus answered him: "Whoever loves me will keep my Word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him" (John 14:22-23).
After the death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus, the apostles preached the Gospel and built a Church in Jerusalem. They proclaimed as Jesus as the Messiah and the Son of the Living God.
Jude is the author of the "Letter of Jude," whose purpose was to warn against false preachers who lived in in sin and divided the Church. He wrote: "These intruders, designated for condemnation, are godless persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness; they cause divisions and are devoid of the Spirit (Jude 4, 19).
After preaching the Gospel in many countries, Jude suffered martyrdom together with Simon the Zealot about 65 AD in Persia or Beirut, in the Roman province of Syria, or Ararat, Armenia.
Jude Thaddeus was venerated in Roman and Eastern Catholic Church, Oriental and Eastern Orthodox Church, Church of the East, Lutheranism, Aglipayan Church, Islam, and Anglican Communion Church. Saint Jude Thaddeus is traditionally depicted carrying the image of Jesus, with which he cured and converted King Abgar of Edessa to Christianity. Saint Jude Thaddeus is also shown with a flame on his head, signifying the the third divine person of the Holy Trinity, the Holy Spirit, and holding a book, representing the letter he wrote. His feast day is on October 28. Saint Jude Thaddeus is a patron saint of desperate cases or situations.
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Non-FictionSaints are people, who are accepted as being holy, religious, and virtuous. In Christianity, more than thousands of saints gave up their life for God or died for Jesus Christ. This volume are true-to-life stories of saints who were born between BC...
