I know he refers to our Epistle of James in the Panarion; the point I was making is that he says the Ebionaens used it in his chapter on the Ebionaens (30).Epiphanius accepted our Epistle of James.The Ebionite work he refers to must be something different....the catholic epistles of James, Peter, John and Jude...
They are often said to have just used the gospel of Matthew, but I'm elaborating the other books they are also said to have used which includes Acts and now James. This is the first time I've seen James referred to as used by the Ebionaens, and theologically that rings true to me because it is decidedly anti-Pauline.
Epiphanius says James is a forgery, but he also says that of their Matthew, which he quotes quite exactly and shows that it is more or less our Matthew; I think he just calls anything Ebionaen a "forgery" to slander them instead of debating the substance, so I accept that the James referred to is our Epistle of James, even though he gives no extracts to show that this is a reference to our epistle of James.
The importance here is that therefore James belongs in the Early Christian Ebionaen Canon.
Statistics: Posted by ebion — Mon Mar 04, 2024 12:28 pm