Jude Thaddaeus

Who was Jude Thaddaeus?

Why this Father matters to Catholic apologetics: Asked at the Last Supper how Christ would manifest himself — prompting the discourse on the Holy Spirit; missionary to Edessa and Armenia

Born

c. 5 BC · Galilee

Died

c. AD 65 · Armenia or Persia (martyrdom)

See / Role

One of the Twelve Apostles

Asked at the Last Supper how Christ would manifest himself — prompting the discourse on the Holy Spirit; missionary to Edessa and Armenia.

Where Jude Thaddaeus stands in the chain

Ordination chain from Christ to this Father — and onward to students. Solid links cite named primary sources. Unknown means no ordainer is historically attested. Nodes with a profile are linked.

Jude Thaddaeus received authority directly from Christ — not through a chain of human ordination. The Apostles are the foundation of the chain, not a link within it. Every bishop in the unbroken succession traces their authority back through the Fathers to the Apostles, and through the Apostles to Christ himself.

Who was Jude Thaddaeus?

Where Jude Thaddaeus stands in the chain

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