New Testament

===Other epistles===
The author of the [[Epistle of James]] identifies himself in the opening verse as "James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ". From the middle of the 3rd century, [[patristic]] authors cited the ''Epistle'' as written by [[James the Just]].<ref>[http://www.catholicity.com/encyclopedia/j/james,epistle_of_st.html "Epistle of St. James"]. ''1914 Catholic Encyclopedia''.</ref> Ancient and modern scholars have always been divided on the issue of authorship. Many consider the epistle to be written in the late 1st or early 2nd centuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://earlychristianwritings.com/james.html |title=Epistle of James |publisher=Early Christian Writings |access-date=19 November 2010}}</ref>

The author of the [[First Epistle of Peter]] identifies himself in the opening verse as "Peter, an [[apostle]] of Jesus Christ", and the view that the epistle was written by St. Peter is attested to by a number of [[Church Fathers]]: [[Irenaeus]] (140–203), [[Tertullian]] (150–222), [[Clement of Alexandria]] (155–215) and [[Origen of Alexandria]] (185–253). Unlike [[The Second Epistle of Peter]], the authorship of which was debated in antiquity, there was little debate about Peter's authorship of this first epistle until the 18th century. Although 2 Peter internally purports to be a work of the apostle, many biblical scholars have concluded that Peter is not the author.<ref>{{cite book |title=What Are They Saying About the Catholic Epistles? |first=Philip B. |last=Harner |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xenz0ZMWDNsC&pg=PA49 |publisher=Paulist Press |year=2004|isbn=978-0-8091-4188-3 }}</ref> For an early date and (usually) for a defense of the Apostle Peter's authorship see Kruger,<ref>Kruger, M.J. (1999). [https://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/42/42-4/42-4-pp645-671_JETS.pdf "The Authenticity of 2 Peter"]. ''[[Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society]]''. '''42''' (4): 645–71.</ref> Zahn,<ref>{{cite book |last=Zahn |first=S. T. |author-link=Theodor Zahn |translator-last1=Trout |translator-first1=John Moore |translator-last2=Mather |translator-first2=William Arnot |translator-last3=Hodous |translator-first3=Louis |translator-last4=Worcester |translator-first4=Edward Strong |translator-last5=Worrell |translator-first5=William Hoyt |translator-last6=Dodge |translator-first6=Rowland Backus |year=1909 |title=Introduction to the New Testament |url=https://archive.org/details/introductionton00thaygoog |url-access=registration |volume=II |edition=English translation of 3rd German |location=New York |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |page=250}}</ref> Spitta,<ref>{{cite book |last=Spitta |first=Friedrich |author-link=Friedrich Spitta |date=1885 |title=Der zweite Brief des Petrus und der Brief des Judas: Eine geschichtliche Untersuchung |trans-title=The Second Epistle of Peter and the Epistle of Jude: A Historical Investigation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iUROAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 |language=German |location=Halle an der Saale |publisher=Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses}}.</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=May 2021}} Bigg,<ref>{{cite book |last=Bigg |first=Charles |author-link=Charles Bigg |year=1902 |orig-year=1901 |title=A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude |url=https://archive.org/details/acriticalandexe02bigggoog |series=The International Critical Commentary |edition=2nd |location=Edinburgh |publisher=T&T Clark|isbn=9780567050366 }}</ref> and Green.<ref>e.g. {{cite speech |last=Green |first=E. M. B. |author-link=Michael Green (theologian) |title=2 Peter Reconsidered |event=Meeting of the Tyndale Fellowship for Biblical Research |date=8 July 1960 |location=Cambridge |url=https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/tp/2peter_green.pdf |format=PDF |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200813223354/https://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/tp/2peter_green.pdf |archive-date=13 August 2020}}</ref>

The Epistle of Jude title is written as follows: "Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James".<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jude%201%3A1&version=NRSV Jude 1:1] ([[New Revised Standard Version|NRSV]])</ref> The debate has continued over the author's identity as the apostle, the brother of Jesus, both, or neither.<ref>Bauckham, R. J. (1986). ''Word Biblical Commentary, Vol. 50''. Word (UK) Ltd. pp. 14ff.</ref>