Lots of people don't know that Jesus had siblings. He's the oldest child, and his younger brother, James, headed up the Jerusalem church for awhile after Jesus's death.
At least, that's what I'm learning from reading The brother of Jesus and the lost teachings of Christianity by Jeffrey J. Bütz.
The author says that many religions say that Jesus did NOT have brothers and sisters. Like Catholicism. They say he only had "cousins". Other religions say that his brothers and sisters were actually step-brothers and sisters (from his father's other wife).
Traditional Christian doctrine shows Paul as the next leader of the Christian church after Jesus's death.
But this book argues it may actually have been James, and that James's story is more interesting because it's not well known and may even be repressed by the Church.
I just started the book so that's all I know so far.
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