James VS Paul?

Paul (saul) claims to have met jesus in a vision.

James was indeed his brother and an authority in the temple.

dont forget that his uncle was Joseph (arimathea) a VERY wealthy man and roman merchant, also in the temple elite and a defender of him in the "trial"

My personal view is that paul and peter stole the legitimacy from james, and mary magdalene. he, james, was later executed and she fled to europe with joseph (arimathea)

James and Paul preached and taught the same Gospel, they just emphasized different parts...

Salvation is by, or because of, grace alone.

Salvation is by, or though, faith alone.

The evidence of a true faith are good works, namely love.

Those that claim to have faith, but do not love...have a "dead" faith, no true faith at all.

Paul focused on the first two in most of his letters.

James focused on holy Christian living in his letter, and specifically addressed the second two points above.

True Christians follow Jesus Christ.

They do not follow Paul, or James, or Apollos, etc.

And BOTH Paul and James taught this.

And either way, the only "teachings" we have from either of these men is in the Bible, which was inspired by God by the power of the Holy Spirit through these men.

One Spirit, One God, One Bible.

One Savior, One Lord.

One Way to Heaven.

Whether "blind" or not, a wise person "follows" Christ to Heaven.

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Paul was a promoter and a publicist. James was a problem solver interested only in effective results. The people who met Paul remembered him and what he said. The people who encountered James remembered what he did for them but probably not who he was. Since talking is always easier than doing, guess who got a bigger following?

I know about James, but I am not aware of his teachings. Where does one find his teachings?

As far as Paul goes, he was a latecomer whose ideas appealed to certain later factions who promoted his 'philosophy' because it followed their own ideas. Remember that what is in the official New Testament was decided after 320 A.D. See the source below.

It is a common fallacy that James and Paul were at odds over works, but if you examine them carefully, they actually agree and compliment each other.

The works James is talking about are works that follow faith, and even Paul said faith expressed itself through love; works of love.

So they are the same. But some teach that the works James spoke of were works of the law. The context of James 2 disproves this, if one were to but read.

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Galatians 1:17-29 (King James Version)

King James Version (KJV)

17Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.

18Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.

Paul spent 3 years with the resurrected Christ recieving the Gospel of Grace for the Gentiles.

You should read Galatians. They had a council, and the council decided to make Christian Gentiles free from Jewish Law. Paul had to rebuke Peter and the assembled Christians decided with Paul.

I assume you're referring to the letter of James from the legitimate Bible and not some goofy gnostic scribblings. THAT James knew of Paul, his ministry, and his letters of instruction. AND he approved them.

They had SLIGHTLY different views on Salvation by Grace alone versus Salvation by Grace and Acts. So what?

Paul and James believed the same thing... Paul went to see the apostles after his conversions...

Galatians 1:19 But I did not see any other of the apostles except James, the Lord's brother.

They believed the same thing, and on the same side.

Being a fleshly brother isn't what makes a person qualified to teach. Paul was not the author of the letters of Paul and James wasn't the author of the letters of James. God is the Author of all Scripture. These men wrote God's thoughts, not their own.