This volume is to treat of the General Epistle of St. James and the General Epistle of St. Jude. According to the most common, but not invariable arrangement, they form the first and the last letters in the collection which for fifteen centuries has been known as the Catholic Epistles. The epithet "General," which appears in the titles of these Epistles in the English versions, is simply the equivalent of the epithet "Catholic," the one word being of Latin (_generalis_), the other of Greek (καθολικός) origin. In Latin, however, _e.g._ in the Vulgate, these letters are not called _Generales_, but _Catholicæ_. The meaning of the term Catholic Epistles (καθολικαὶ ἐπιστολαι) has been disputed, …
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