Abolishing the law&Judas Taddeus

[fineca]

1. How would you reconcile Matt. 5:17-18 with Eph. 2:13-16 and Col. 2:13-16? Jesus and Paul seem to say the opposite.
2. The Synoptics don’t agree on the name of the second last disciple. One says Judas, another Taddeus. In Poland he is called Juda Tadeusz making the guy have two names (as was common then), but the problem is that one of the Gospels says that this Taddeus was also called Lebbeus, not Judas, so it seems highly unlikely that they be the same person. Did people have three names? If so, why would one evangelist insist on the 3rd name that obviously wasn’t even used according to the other Evangelist…?

Thanks!

 

[CANman]

I’m no expert, but I think the different names come from the various languages. Peter is called Cephas - same person, different name due to the root language used.

 

[Liberian]

fineca,

In Matthew 5, Jesus says that the Law does not pass away. In Romans 7:4 Paul says that we have died to the Law; he repeats something similar in Colossians 3:3. It’s not that the Law has passed away, it is that we have passed away. The Church speak regularly of our “dying with Christ” in baptism; this is why we are not under the Law. The Law, however, is still there.

• Liberian

 

[NotWorthy]

But consider the Jews of the Old Covenant to be under two sets of laws:

1st is the Moral Law - the Ten Commandments.

Then there are the deutero-laws (deutero means “2nd”). These are the ritual laws that the Jews were under after that little golden calf incident. There were something like 611 laws detailed for purification, atonement, cleanliness, etc.

As part of the New Covenant, we are still under the Moral Laws - the Ten Commandments. But we are no longer subject to the Ritual Laws, which is what Paul is chastising - circumcision, sacrifices, etc… He often references these as “Works of the Law”.

 

[Steven_Merten]

Hello fineca,

I think logic would tell us that Apostle Judas (“Thaddeus” or “Jude”) would later choose to go by the names Thaddeus or Jude rather than Judas to distinguish him from Judas Iscariot the Apostle who betrayed Jesus. The name Judas carries a foul image even today due to Judas Iscariots betrayal of our Lord.

We named our son Thaddeus after the Apostle.

 

[Steven_Merten]

1. How would you reconcile Matt. 5:17-18 with Eph. 2:13-16 and Col. 2:13-16? Jesus and Paul seem to say the opposite.

Hello fineca,

You have hit on what seperates the Catholics, who use Jesus teaching for our foundation, from the Protestants who use their misunderstanding of St. Paul’s teachings to throw out Jesus’ teachings. St. Peter warns us that St. Paul’s writings can be hard to understand and not to loose our salvation over them. Obviously those who throw out Jesus’ teachings in favor of their misunderstanding of St. Paul have fallen into the pit that St. Peter warned us of.

Please visit Jesus, What Must I Do To Share In Everlasting Life?

St. Paul says,

Galatians 2:16
…who know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

Jesus says,

NAB MAT 19:16
“Teacher, what good must I do to possess everlasting life?” He answered, “Why do you question me about what is good? There is One who is good.If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.” “Which ones?” he asked. Jesus replied “You shall not kill”; ‘You shall not commit adultery’; ‘You shall not steal’; ‘You shall not bear false witness’; ‘Honor your father and mother’; and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’"

St. Paul’s writings were debating the law of circumcision and the Pharisee created Church laws and not God’s Law of the commandments.

NAB ACT 15:1
Some men came down to Antioch from Judea and began to teach the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to Mosaic practice, you cannot be saved.” This created dissension and much controversy between them and Paul and Barnabas.NAB ACT 21:20
“You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have come to believe, all of them staunch defenders of the law. Yet they have been informed that you teach the Jews who live among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, to give up the circumcision of their children, and to renounce their customs.”
NAB PHI 3:5

(St. Paul is speaking.)
I was circumcised on the eighth day, being of the stock of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrew origins; in legal observance I was a Pharisee, and so zealous that I persecuted the church. I was above reproach when it came to justice based on the law. (GAL 6:13)NAB 1CO 7:19

(St. Paul is speaking.)
Circumcision counts for nothing, and its lack makes no difference either. **What matters is keeping God’s commandments.**NAB ROM 2:13

(St. Paul is speaking.)
For it is not those who hear the law who are just in the sight of God; it is those who keep it who will be declared just.
NAB 2PE 3:14 Preparation for the Coming.
Consider that our Lord’s patience is directed toward salvation. Paul, our beloved brother, wrote you this in the spirit of wisdom that is his, dealing with these matters as he does in all his letters. There are certain passages in them hard to understand. The ignorant and the unstable distort them (just as they do the rest of Scripture) to their own ruin. You are forewarned, beloved brothers. Be on your guard lest you be led astray by the error of the wicked, and forfeit the security you enjoy.