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The Essentials of St. Judas Maccabaeus

Judas, the Valiant

Maccabee Facts about St. Judas Maccabaeus

The Life of St. Judas Maccabeus
PLACE OF BIRTH: Modi'in (Modein), Judea
PLACE OF DEATH: Elasa (160 BC), near modern day Ramallah
MILITARY SERVICE: Rebel leader and commander of the Maccabees
YEARS OF SERVICE: 167-160 BC
BATTLES/WARS: Revolt of the Maccabees
LEGACY: Military hero, Defender of Judaism, Founder of Hanukkah
PRESTIGE: One of the Nine Worthies, which include nine of the greatest Judeo-Christian warriors of all time
JUDAISM: Seen as one of greatest Jewish warriors in history, alongside Joshua, Gideon and David
ESTABLISHMENT: Founded the holiday of Hanukkah and the Hasmonean Dynasty of Israel

The Faith of St. Judas Maccabaeus
RELIGION: Orthodox Temple Judaism
FAITH: Devout, traditional
BIBLE: Book of the Maccabees I and II
APOCRYPHA: Book of the Maccabees III, IV, and V
OTHER BOOKS: Book of the Maccabees VI, VII, VIII, and the three Ethiopian books of Meqabyan
TRADITION: One of the most celebrated Judeo-Christian heroes in history
JUDAISM: Founder of the festival of Hanukkah (Dedication), an official holiday of Judaism
CHRISTIANITY: Considered a Saint residing in the Christian Kingdom of Heaven
RECOGNITION: Honored by Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodox, Ethiopian and Coptic Christianity
CHURCHES: I. St. Mary and St. Shmuni Church, in Sinstorf (Hamburg, Germany), II. Chapel of the Maccabees, in Saint-Pierre, (Geneva, Switzerland), III. St. Maccabees Church, in Cologne, (Germany), IV. Church of St. Maccabees Brothers in Lady, (Poland)

Ancestry of St. Judas Maccabaeus
ROYAL LINE: Hasmonean Dynasty
TRIBE OF ISRAEL: Levi
FAMILY HOUSE: House of Asamoneus
PRIESTHOOD: Seven Watchtowers of Joarib
FATHER: Mattathias the Hasmonean
BIRTH ORDER: Third-born son
BROTHERS: Jonathan Apphus, John Gaddis, Simon Thassi, Eleazar Avaran
FAMILY TOMB: Modi'in, Israel

Various Names of St. Judas Maccabaeus
STANDARD: Judas Maccabeus, Judas Maccabaeus
TITLE: The Hammer, the Hammer of God, the Hammerer
JEWISH: Judah Maccabee, Judah the Maccabee
YIDDISH: Yehudah HaMakabi
LITERAL ENGLISH: Judah the Hammer
HEBREW: יהודה המכבי
ORIGIN: From the Aramaic 'maqqabba', or 'makebet' in modern Hebrew
ALTERNATIVE SPELLINGS: Machabeus, Maccabeus,

The Eternal Laws of St. Judas Maccabaeus
GOD: I. You will accept death over idolatry.
LIFE: II. You will accept death over murder.
SEXUALITY: III. You will accept death over sexual perversion.

The Triumph of Judas Maccabaeus

St. Judas Maccabaeus in Literature
Old English Homilies on The Maccabees, by Aelfric (c. 1000) edited by Stuart D. Lee
El Maccabeo, by Miguel de Silveyra. (Naples, 1638)
La chevalerie de Judas Macabe, by Pierre du Ryer (1600-1658)
Judas Machabaeus, (Rome 1695)
Judas Makkabaeus, by Josef Eduard Konrad Bischoff (Germany 1885)
The Hammer, by Alfred J. Church and Richmond Seeley (1890)
Alilot Gibbor ha-Yehudim Yehudah ha-Makkabi le-Veit ha-Hashmona'im, by Jacob Benjamin Katznelson (1922)
Judas Makkabaeus, ein Kleinvolk kaempft um Glaube und Heimat, by Karl Boxler (1943)
My Glorious Brothers, by Howard Fast (1948)
Yehudah ha-Makkabi in A Layter tsu der Zun, by Moses Schulstein (1954)
Yehudah ha-Makkabi in Sippurim le-Mofet, by Jacob Fichmann (1954)

King David with Judas on Right

St. Judas Maccabaeus in Theatre
Judas Maccabeaus, by William Houghton (1601)
Giuda Maccabeo, ossia la morte di Nicanore, an Oratorio adapted by Vallicella (1839)
Judas Maccabaeus, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1872)

St. Judas Maccabaeus in Art
The illustrated manuscript Libri Maccabaeorum (900s AD).
Josephus, illustrations by Jean Fouquet
Chapel of the Dead in Tournai Cathedral, by Rubens
Illustrated English Bible, illustrated by Paul Gustave Dore
Nine Heroes Tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum (South Netherlandish, ca. 1400-1410)
The Triumph of Judas Maccabeus, by Gerrit van Honthorst

St. Judas Maccabaeus in Music
Judas Maccabaeus, an Oratorio, by George Frideric Handel (1746)
Song of Judas Maccabeus Before the Battle of Maspha, by Rebekah Hyneman (1816-1875)
The Battle-Cry of the South, by James R. Randall (1860s)

St. Judas Maccabaeus Briefly Mentioned in...
The Divine Comedy, by Dante
Love's Labour's Lost, by William Shakespeare
The song Hanukkah in Santa Monica, by Tom Lehrer
The song Jerusalem, by Mirah
The book Treatise on Twelve Lights, Ch. 5 (Recourse to the Sword), by Robert Struble (2007-08)

Judas Maccabaeus, the Hammer of God

May the LORD God bless you in the name of St. Judas Maccabaeus.

Jason Nicholas Korning

SOURCE(S): - Judas Maccabaeus, Wikipedia. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Maccabeus), Judas Maccabaeus on the web, by Tim Spalding. (http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/maccabeus/), Books of the Maccabees, Wikipedia.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Books_of_the_Maccabees), Category: Holy Maccabees Churches, Wikimedia. (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Holy_Maccabees_churches)

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In particular, the Maccabee Catholic comes equipped with the full texts (and in-depth interpretations) of the First Book of the Maccabees (I Maccabees in the Old Testament), the Second Book of the Maccabees (II Maccabees in the Old Testament), as well as the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Book of the Maccabees (III, IV, V Maccabees in the Biblical Apocrypha), along with many other historically important, and religiously significant, texts related to the Maccabees.

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Maccabee Catholic Terminology

Changes in Judeo-Christian Words and Phrases
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Names of the Father
God --> The LORD God of Israel
God the Father --> The LORD our God
YHWH or Yahweh --> The LORD

Names of the Son
Jesus --> Joshua
Christ --> Messiah, Rabbi Joshua ben Joseph
Jesus Christ --> Joshua Messiah
Jesus from Nazareth --> The Nazarene
Jesus of Galilee --> A Certain Galilean

Names of the Holy Ghost
Holy Spirit --> Holy Ghost
The Spirit --> The Ghost
The Holy Ghost --> God
Spiritual --> Eternal

Biblical Terminology
Holy Bible --> LXXII, the 72 Books of the Septuagint
Old Testament --> Includes the Seven Catholic Books
New Testament --> Includes the Seven Catholic Letters

Angelic Terminology
Morning Star --> Lucifer
Angels --> Nine-Part Divine Hierarchy
Heaven --> Seven Heavens

Christian Terminology
Biblical Christianity --> Maccabee Christianity
Rome --> Vatican City
Catholic --> Maccabee Catholic
70 Disciples --> 72 Disciples

Judaic Terminology
Hanukkah --> Dedication, Festival of Lights
Star of David --> Joshua Star
Sheol --> Purgatory

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The Apostles' Creed

Apostles' Creed of Maccabee Christianity

I believe in God,
The Father Almighty,
Creator of Heaven and Earth.

I believe in Joshua the Messiah,
His only Son, our LORD.
He was conceived by the
Power of the Holy Ghost
And born of the Virgin Mary.

He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into Hell.
On the third day He rose again.
He ascended into Heaven
And is seated at the
Right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge
The living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost,
The Holy Catholic Church,
The Communion of Saints,
The forgiveness of sins,
The resurrection of the body,
And the life everlasting.
Amen.

Maccabee Names and Families

The Maccabee Christian Creed of Faith

The Creed of Maccabee Christianity

We believe in one God,
The Father, the Almighty,
Maker of Heaven and Earth,
And of all that is seen and unseen.

We believe in one LORD,
Jesus Christ, the only Son of God,
Eternally born of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
True God from true God,
Naturally Born, not made,
One in Being with the Father,.
Through Him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation,
He came down from Heaven.
By the power of the Holy Ghost,
He was born of the Virgin Mary
And became man. For our sake
He was crucified under Pontius Pilate.
He suffered, died and was buried.
On the third day He arose again
In fulfillment of the Scriptures.
He ascended into Heaven
And is seated at the right
Hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory,
To judge the living and the dead,
And His kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Ghost,
The LORD, the giver of life,
Who proceeds from the
Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son,
He is worshipped and glorified.
He has spoken through the Prophets.

We believe in one, Holy
Catholic and Apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one Baptism
For the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of
The dead and the life of
The World to Come.
Amen.

Adapted from the Nicene Creed of the Roman Catholic Church.

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