The irony, of Martin Luther doubting the authenticity of the letter of James, because he viewed it as at odds with sola scriptura (scripture alone) and sola fide (justification by faith alone) because of the emphasis of James on faith without works being dead, considering that James' sentiments (whoever he actually was) were the ones most closely aligned with Jesus' teachings in the Gospels and the Jerusalem Church in conflict with Paul, since Luther purported to be interested in getting away from the "heresies" of the RCC.
And he wanted to remove it, as well as some others, from his version of the Bible, but decided to put them at the end, as a compromise.
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The irony, of Martin Luther doubting the authenticity of the letter of James, because he viewed it as at odds with sola scriptura (scripture alone) and sola fide (justification by faith alone) because of the emphasis of James on faith without works being dead, considering that James' sentiments (whoever he actually was) were the ones most closely aligned with Jesus' teachings in the Gospels and the Jerusalem Church in conflict with Paul, since Luther purported to be interested in getting away from the "heresies" of the RCC.
And he wanted to remove it, as well as some others, from his version of the Bible, but decided to put them at the end, as a compromise.
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