No, they were two distinct individuals. The confusion of the two led to St. Jude being declared the patron saint of hopeless causes. People would confuse the two and when told to pray to St. Jude for an intention would respond, "That would be a hopeless cause."
St. Jude is frequently confused with Judas, who betrayed Our Lord. When people were told to pray to St. Jude, they would think Judas and respond that praying to Judas was a hopeless cause.
St. Jude is frequently confused with Judas, who betrayed Our Lord. When people were told to pray to St. Jude, they would think Judas and respond that praying to Judas was a hopeless cause.
St. Jude has frequently been confused with Judas Iscariot. When people were told to pray to St. Jude they understood it to be Judas and would say that it was a "lost cause."
The real name of St. Jude is Judas, but he is also know as Thaddaeus. He is not the same Judas who betrayed Jesus, but was also an Apostle. He is called St. Jude by the Church so he is not associated with Judas Iscariot.
The story is a bit unusual. People still confuse St. Jude with Judas Iscariot, the apostle who betrayed Our Lord. If someone was told to pray to St. Jude, they would think Judas and reply that it would be a hopeless cause to pray to him.
Yes, St. Jude Thaddeus was one of the 12 apostles.
His patronage of lost or impossible causes traditionally derives from confusion by many early Christians between Jude and the traitor Judas Iscariot; not understanding the difference between the names, they never prayed for Jude's help, and devotion to him became something of a lost cause.
No... but there IS a Saint Jude.St Jude or St Judas was one of the 12 disciples and the son of Alpheus. However he should not be confused with Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus. Although having the same name he was a very different person.Because Jude or Judas was frequently confused with Judas iscariot, he was seldom mentioned or prayed for unlike the other disciples. Therefore St Judas became known as 'the patron saint of lost causes'.
No, Saint Jude did not sell Jesus. Judas Iscariot was the disciple who betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver. Saint Jude is known for being one of the twelve apostles of Jesus and is often invoked as the patron saint of desperate and impossible situations.
St. Jude is known as the saint of hopeless causes. His name was frequently confused with the traitor Judas. When people were told to pray to St. Jude they often responded "That would be a hopeless cause!" thinking of Judas rather that Jude. So, the title stuck and St. Jude became the patron saint of hopeless causes and a saint of last resort for many Christians.
It's a name. St. Jude Thaddeus in English is San Judas Tadeo in Spanish.
The chapter of Judas is in the new testament, its all the way to the end right next to the Apocalypse.