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Definition of St. Jude
1. Noun. (New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless.
Category relationships: New Testament
Generic synonyms: Apostle, Saint
Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Jude
Literary usage of St. Jude
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"But here again St. Jude does not quote Henoch as a canonical book. ... St.
Jude does not give any details about the errors denounced in this short letter ..."
2. Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament by John Wesley (1850)
"Instructs them in their duty to others 22, 23 This epistle greatly resembles the
second of St. Peter, which St. Jude seems to have had in view while he ..."
3. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson (1857)
"For, first, they called the Epistles of St. James, St. Peter, St. John, St.
Jude, the Catholick ... of St. Jude ; Judas frater Ja- cobi pan-am quidem, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1875)
"As in the case of not a few others of the apostles, there is a lack of evidence
for any early special commemoration of St. Jude; and its absence from the ..."
5. The Early Days of Christianity by Frederic William Farrar (1882)
"EXCURSUS V. RABBINIC ALLUSIONS IN St. Jude. ... direct citation of St. Jude (verses
14, 15) from the Book of Enoch is taken from the second chapter, ..."
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