Jude (alternatively Judas or Judah) was one of the four brothers of Jesus ( and ) 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. Generally Catholics believe this Jude is the same person with Jude the Apostle.