according to tradition, he was the first formal leader or bishop of jerusalem, the author of the james in the new testament, and the first of the seventy of luke 10:1-20. paul of tarsus in galatians 2:9 (kjv) characterized james as such: "... james, cephas, and john, who seemed to be pillars..." he is described in the new testament as a "brother of jesus" and in the liturgy of st james as "the brother of god" ("adelphotheos")