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Translator Andrey Tikhomirov
Editor Andrey Tikhomirov
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Conciliar Epistles of the Apostles
1. The Conciliar Epistle of the Holy Apostle James
Chapter 1
1 James, the servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes who are scattered, rejoice. (The Apostle – from Greek. «the messenger.» If we call the epistles of the apostles the epistles of «messengers», then the religious mysticism is lost, just as if the angels are called their Greek counterparts «messengers», then the mysticism of religion is also lost, the terms acquire the ordinary meaning of ordinary people who are «used» by other people (priests-hypnotists) for their own benefit. Jacob admits that a slave, in the era of the slave-owning system, it was necessary to indicate his hierarchical affiliation, if a person said that he was a slave, then this meant his complete subordination to his master (he addressed his slave owner as «master» or «Lord»), if he was equal in his social position to the man who addressed him, then he called him «brother», to a woman «sister», even though he was not related to them. 12 tribes that are scattered (Greek: «diaspora») – the totality of Jews who settled since the Babylonian captivity of the VI century BC outside of Israel and Judea).
2 Receive with great joy, my brethren, when you fall into various temptations (The epistle expresses the idea of fighting various temptations).
3 knowing that the test of your faith produces patience; (The need to test faith through patience).
4 But patience must have a perfect effect, so that you will be perfect in all its fullness, without any defect. (The need to test faith through patience).
5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all simply and without reproach, and it will be given to him. (Everything, they say, is given from God).
6 But let him ask with faith, not doubting in the least, because the doubter is like a wave of the sea, lifted up and fluttered by the wind. (Analogies and comparisons).
7 Let not such a man think to receive anything from the Lord. (The idea of receiving anything from the lord of god is denied, it is only necessary to believe in God and fulfill the law of the priesthood).
8 A man with double thoughts is not firm in all his ways. (Condemnation of the twofold thought: I am something to God, and he is something to me).
9 Let a humiliated brother boast of his height, (Height is not something to boast about).
10 but the rich man will be humiliated by his humiliation, because he will pass away like a flower on the grass. (Wealth is not something to brag about).
11 The sun rises, the heat comes, and the heat dries up the grass, its color falls off, the beauty of its appearance disappears; so the rich also withers in his ways. (Analogies and comparisons).
12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation, because when he is tested, he will receive the crown of life that the LORD promised to those who love him. (Only the one who «endures temptation» will be happy, this is a test for him, for this, according to Talion’s rule, «he will receive the crown of life», the personification of the Lord God, who promises something for something).
13 In temptation, no one says: God tempts me; because God is not tempted by evil and does not tempt anyone Himself, (However, from the point of view of religion, this is not so, everything in the world is done by the will of God, including temptation).
14 but everyone is tempted, being carried away and deceived by his own lust; (Lust, naturally, takes place, but lust, from the point of view of religion, is also from God).
15 But lust, having conceived, begets sin, and sin done begets death. (This is also all by the will of God, from the point of view of religion).
16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. (The author urges his brothers, that is, his equals, not to be deceived. However, this contradicts religious attitudes, people are deceived because God wanted it that way).
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift descends from above, from the Father of lights, who has no change and no shadow of change. (All according to the will of God, the «Father of Lights», from the point of view of religion).
18 When he was willing, he gave birth to us by the word of truth, so that we might be some of the firstfruits of his creatures. (All by the will of God, from the point of view of religion).
19 Therefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, (In a word, priests inspire favorable attitudes to them).
20 For the wrath of man does not create the righteousness of God. (Anger was not welcome).
21 Therefore, putting aside all uncleanness and the residue of wickedness, accept in meekness the implanted word that can save your souls. (In a word, priests inspire favorable attitudes to them, meek and God—fearing are the most profitable for manipulative priests, otherwise, they say, you will not save your souls).
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. (Installation for the execution of instructions).
23 For whoever listens to the word and does not do it is like a man looking at his natural features in a mirror: (Analogy with the image in the mirror).
24 he looked at himself, walked away and immediately forgot what he was like. (Analogy with the image in the mirror).
25 But whoever understands the perfect law, the law of freedom, and abides in it, being not a forgetful listener, but a doer of the work, will be blessed in his action. (Only the one who is a good performer is happy).
26 If any of you think that he is pious, and does not curb his tongue, but deceives his heart, his piety is empty. (Obedience, humility, non—malice is the ideal of a believer for manipulative priests).
27 Pure and immaculate piety before God and the Father is to look after orphans and widows in their sorrows and to keep oneself undefiled from the world. (To take a prize is to help the poor and the poor, to preserve oneself as an obedient tool in the hands of manipulative priests).
Chapter 2
1 My brethren! Have faith in Jesus Christ our Lord of glory, regardless of the faces. (Instilling faith in Jesus Christ «our Lord of glory»).
2 For if a man enters your assembly with a golden ring, in rich clothes, the poor will also enter in scanty clothes, (Analogies, comparisons, proverbs. Synagogue with Greek. «assembly, place of assembly» – in Judaism, a house of prayer in a community of believers. The word «synagogue» originally meant «leading to Sin», Sin or Nanna – in Sumero-Akkadian mythology, the god of the Moon. Nanna is a Sumerian deity, the son of Enlil and Ninlil, identified with the Semitic deity Sin. The central places of worship were in the city of Ur in the south of Mesopotamia and in the city of Harran in the north. Also known as the patron god of wisdom. He was depicted as an old man with a long blue beard, who crosses the night sky on his luminous boat. The army of evil spirits,
