Isagoge in canonicas septem epistolas

that he sufficiently testifies how much he defers to Christ, since he begins with Him. Furthermore, since he was about to correct the morals of those who were poorly expressing the doctrine of Christ, he had to be more frequent in correcting vices and urging good works than in the reasoning of faith, since it was already established for Christians what ought to be believed, but not equally how they ought to live; or if even this was established, there were few who were willing to express this in their life and morals.

3 Thirdly, and this does not seem Apostolic, that in chapter 2, when speaking of the law, he calls it the law of liberty, while the Apostle Paul calls it the minister of servitude, wrath, and sin. I respond that this is not done with the same intent. For Paul, acting against the Jews, correctly calls it this, since they were urging it as necessary for salvation, and by the law they understood the ceremonies themselves, since they were imposing circumcision and similar things from the law, not moral things. Conversely, James speaks of the moral law, and therefore he orders everyone to speak thus...