Jude (alternatively Judas or Judah) is believed by some to be one of the brothers of Jesus (Greek: ἀδελφοὶ, translit. adelphoi, lit. 'brethren')[1][2] according to the New Testament. He is traditionally identified as the author of the Epistle of Jude, a short epistle which is reckoned among the seven general epistles of the New Testament—placed after Paul's epistles and before the Book of Revelation—and considered canonical by Christians.[3][4] Catholics believe this Jude is the same person as Jude the Apostle and that Jude was perhaps a cousin, but not a brother, of Jesus.[5]