In the fifth century, St.  Jerome called the apostle we are considering in this sermon “Trinomius,” which means “the man with three names.” In Mark he is called Thaddeus (3:18), in Matthew he is called Thaddeus or Lebbaeus (10:3), and in Luke he is called Judas, the son of James (Luke 6:16; Acts 1:13).  If the Gospels cannot agree on this man’s name, how can we ever hope to get it straight?  Well, I have recently read an advertisement from one of those sheets which fall out of the Sunday newspaper, an advertisement for a “14K gold microned” Religious Keepsake Watch, with “Genuine Leather-Backed Strap.” It is only $8.88 and, instead of having the twelve hours on its face, it has a picture of Jesus—sort of like on a “Mickey Mouse” watch—and it has the twelve apostles instead of the twelve ho…