JUDE

Epistle written in the name TestaJude, bro. of James, bro., therefore, als II. of Christ; whether actually written b: him is doubtful, for its attestation is no civil i particularly strong. It was accepted b in 200 A. D., witne the Mura tori an frag a ment on the Canon. Origen, Tertulliar of and Clement of Alexandria quote it in an It presents close literary parallels wit Gk., 2 Peter, and the probability is that and Peter is dependent on Jude, though som origi scholars invert the relation. Jude quote \ the apocryphal Book of Enoch. bi | JUDGE, an officer of the law whose: chief functions are deciding on points of _ law, and pa ing of sentence. See JuprcIABY, AMERICAN.