THEOLOGICAL CLUE

In 1992, the festival of St. James the Elder will occur on Saturday, July 25th, while the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost will fall on Sunday, July 26th (Thus, in 1993, the feast of St. James the Elder, will be on a Sunday). He is the brother of John, the "beloved disciple," and he was the first of the disciples to be martyred and the only one whose death was recorded in the Bible. Acts 12:2 mentions Herod's persecution of the church, and how he killed James with the sword (and arrested Peter). Some preachers may want to move the celebration of St. James' day to Sunday, or, at least, to bring him and his "devotion unto death" into the worship of the day, particularly in the sermon. The faith not only is given to us through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, but it…