Who is the St. James of the Camino de Santiago?

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  • Who is St. James of Camino fame? Although he is an apostle of Christ, the answer may be more complicated than you would think! Here I go over the biblical and traditional data on St. James the Greater and explain how these stories eventuated in the pilgrimage route known as the Camino de Santiago (the Way of St. James).
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  • @7071t6
    @7071t6 11 місяців тому +4

    I can say this much, in 2011 i was told i had cancer and was having treatment at the Oliver newton john cancer centre in Melbourne and on the TV in my room the movie the way was playing, i cried so hard that my heart was acing so much, that i really though i was having a heart attack and it happened when i prayed to juwes to help me when alanis morissette song thank you came on during the movie and now after the 7th of DEC 2022 my tenth year of cancer free, i can say this much juwes died for our sins and he who follows him will never be in darkness, thank you to everyone who supported me, family and friends and god bless everyone. 🙏🙏🙏🙏👌👌🙌🙌👍👍❤❤😎😎

  • @ms7fam433
    @ms7fam433 Рік тому +9

    Wow, Doug the Hiker is also Doug the Historian... Glad we found this video. We really hope you complete this quest!

    • @BackcountryPilgrim
      @BackcountryPilgrim  Рік тому +1

      Yeah in my other life I actually teach theology. :) We'll see if the stars ever line up again (pun intended haha)!

  • @clothiers5148
    @clothiers5148 2 роки тому +14

    Thank you for this clear and comprehensive presentation. I plan to walk the Camino de Santiago September 2022. I understand it is then Autumn in Spain and a good time to walk. I hope by then our world will be healthier and I'll be permitted to leave Australia and accepted for entry to Spain. Kind Regards.

  • @blurry_bandit1890
    @blurry_bandit1890 Рік тому +5

    St James and seal Spain 🇪🇸, was a battle cry during the reconquest, it was an appeal to St. James to intercede in closing Spain's borders from foreign bodies and invasion.

  • @jambroqc
    @jambroqc 2 роки тому +7

    I have been t o the Basilica of del Pilar in Zaragoza and Santiago de Compostela. Its so interesting how these two cities are actually inter -connected. Saint James the patron saint of Spain and Virgen del Pilar the patroness of Spain.

  • @ariessunxleomoon
    @ariessunxleomoon 11 місяців тому +6

    Wonderful video and amazing explanation. Thank you so much! 🧡

  • @TheChristianEconomist
    @TheChristianEconomist 2 роки тому +9

    Good information, presented clearly and concisely.

    • @BackcountryPilgrim
      @BackcountryPilgrim  2 роки тому

      Thank you! I'll check out your channel, interesting title!

  • @jjadriottt9073
    @jjadriottt9073 17 днів тому +2

    Great research and wonderful video! 👏👏👏👍

  • @trishrogers7981
    @trishrogers7981 2 роки тому +6

    Thank you so much! We have walked the way of St James in 2015, unforgettable 🙏🏼

    • @BackcountryPilgrim
      @BackcountryPilgrim  2 роки тому

      That's great! I missed my shot in 2020 due to the pandemic, but I may try again someday. Ultreia!

  • @jimboy2603
    @jimboy2603 4 роки тому +9

    Thank you, now it's making a connection between James and Santiago.

  • @trilogiedelarche
    @trilogiedelarche 11 місяців тому +3

    Wonderful job, very clear, thanks for this precious amount of information, let the Good news be spread out !

  • @pismorichy
    @pismorichy Місяць тому +1

    Just returned from Francis Camino, I definitely am returning next April. Walking behind the Altar in the Cathedral at Santiago was incredible and I will never forget.. Buen Camino. 🎉

  • @highwaychurch5953
    @highwaychurch5953 3 роки тому +9

    Killer video brother!! Some fantastic history there!! Thanks for putting this together!!

  • @svenlemming5383
    @svenlemming5383 4 роки тому +7

    Thank you, exactly what I was looking for! Buen Camano!

  • @avnerperl9935
    @avnerperl9935 Рік тому +2

    Thank you. I learned something. Avner 2022

  • @yohnnyg
    @yohnnyg 3 роки тому +5

    thank you so much! This is a fantastic and easy to understand overview!

  • @AJKPenguin
    @AJKPenguin 3 роки тому +7

    Well stated. Thank you much @Backcountry Pilgrim.
    Though I must say the tradition Herod also got beheaded with James is something to take a grain of salt with. . .I presume you took two grains.
    It is an understanding Herod was struck dead for mocking God and eaten by worms.
    LOL with the George Castanza reference.

    • @BackcountryPilgrim
      @BackcountryPilgrim  3 роки тому +3

      Yeah much of the story is hard to nail down, still cool though. :)

    • @aarondecangchon9877
      @aarondecangchon9877 2 роки тому +3

      Yes I agree. It was, I believe the jailer of St. James that was converted and was beheaded ahead of St. James to serve as a deterrent to others who might be inclined to convert. This beheading was ordered ahead by Herod Agrippa.

    • @BackcountryPilgrim
      @BackcountryPilgrim  2 роки тому +1

      Interesting! Thanks!

  • @CatherineMary61
    @CatherineMary61 Рік тому +3

    Good summary of St James! Was looking for a documentary EWTN showed a few years ago and found yours. I’m hoping to do the Camino Francais in 2023. Your hiking videos will help for prepping!

  • @vinithomasi
    @vinithomasi 2 роки тому +3

    great video! thanks!

  • @chhandap4223
    @chhandap4223 4 роки тому +4

    Thank you very much for explained so nicely. I was and still i have so much curiosity.

  • @dipijoseph
    @dipijoseph 4 місяці тому +1

    Amazing, you explained well.

  • @TangoDelta70
    @TangoDelta70 3 роки тому +5

    Excellent video! Your information coincides with a lot of research that I've done for an Essay that I'm writing for College about The Camino and Saint James! Thanks for posting this! Great work!

  • @shaileshmathews4086
    @shaileshmathews4086 3 роки тому +8

    ❤️Due to 4 reasons One day I 'll do the "CAMINO DE SANTIAGO " If the God allows .
    ❤️I am a part time musician from India, plays English songs of good old England .
    ❤️1.Interest in medieval European history
    ❤️2.Interest in country life not poisoned by left liberal politically correctness.
    ❤️3.Interest in the legacy of Spanish /Norman christian pride.
    ❤️4.Above all ....the spirituality which leads to Jesus Christ our lord & savior.

    • @BackcountryPilgrim
      @BackcountryPilgrim  3 роки тому +3

      All good reasons!

    • @joanielivermore1895
      @joanielivermore1895 2 роки тому +3

      Shailesh Mathews, I hope to walk the Camino for the same reasons as you. I hope you are able to walk the pilgrimage!

  • @shafur3
    @shafur3 3 місяці тому +1

    Thank you.

  • @brucestirling8215
    @brucestirling8215 4 роки тому +2

    Great video thanks

  • @rampartranger7749
    @rampartranger7749 4 місяці тому +1

    Oh, thanks for the correction! I had thought “Compostela” was related to English ‘compost,’ a trash-pile, into which a poor dead person’s body might be thrown.

  • @LeslieKlinger
    @LeslieKlinger 4 роки тому +3

    oh this is really cool......bring me back a sea shell for my office!

  • @gliderrider
    @gliderrider 4 роки тому +6

    Fascinating stuff! It’s a lot to take in so I’ll probably watch this a couple of times more. I just retired and my wife suggest we do the Camino 2020. It was on my bucket list so hoping to start mid June. I know it’s hot then but that’s when our kids are out of school. Thanks for the video.

    • @gliderrider
      @gliderrider 4 роки тому

      Doug Beaumont - Flight booked! I can’t believe it!

  • @genewood9062
    @genewood9062 3 роки тому +2

    Hmm. The risen Christ did say "go to the end of the earth" [Acts 1:8] And the Romans had already got to Finis Terrae well before. James could have known that. So it makes good sense. Not Scripture, but scriptural.
    And your info re the dates shows there was enough time for all this to occur.
    As for the events of the 800's, mmm, possible, as expressed in images of medieval piety. I know of just as great miracles in our day.
    Logic demands, though, we see how this all suited the political and military needs of the king of Spain. But then, in the OT God often used pagan kings as His servants. So it does make sense for Him to use a Christian king in this case. Very convincing.
    Now I think there is good theological, beyond the historical basis for the Camino. Thanks! God bless!

    • @BackcountryPilgrim
      @BackcountryPilgrim  3 роки тому +1

      As a friend once reminded me, "History happens for a reason." :)

    • @JamesTaylor-je6es
      @JamesTaylor-je6es 3 роки тому +2

      Your empirical outset is to be admired. We have lived in a world of disinformation for a long time now. We're getting in reach of the truth, one step at a time

  • @mcgarrtirishgal3903
    @mcgarrtirishgal3903 28 днів тому +1

    11:41 and sanctus is also holy, which is probably where saint comes from..🤔

    • @BackcountryPilgrim
      @BackcountryPilgrim  28 днів тому

      Its definitely where Saint comes from. And sanctuary, sanctify, etc. !

  • @genewood9062
    @genewood9062 3 роки тому +4

    This seems the right place to add the following.
    Camino videos show Roman Catholic churches. Protestants may feel left out.
    BUT: we were ALL "holy catholic [Greek, "universal"] Church" until the Great Schism of 1054. So from 834 to 1054, its first 220 years, the Camino was simply Christian. After that, Catholic.
    But we were not divided into Roman Catholic, and Protestant Catholic until the Reformation, 500 years later.
    So Baptists and Pentecostals are just as much part of this tradition as Roman Catholics are.

    • @BackcountryPilgrim
      @BackcountryPilgrim  3 роки тому +7

      Those who leave often feel left out. ;) It would be more accurate to say Protestants and Catholics have a shared history than a shared tradition - most of what the Camino is makes no sense on a Protestant paradigm.

    • @genewood9062
      @genewood9062 3 роки тому +2

      @@BackcountryPilgrim You're right. I think we likely dropped pilgrimages at the Reformation.
      Though, I have been guest preacher at ecumenical services in R.C. churches. And on the Camino, I think I could attend the pilgrim's mass and still get a lot out of it.
      All a Protestant would need to do, as a peregrino, is pack along a Gideons New Testament-Psalms-Proverbs pocket Bible, and read it every day.
      After all, as someone said, if you insist on only having fellowship where you have total agreement, it will be just you and your wife!
      Thanks! :--}

    • @BackcountryPilgrim
      @BackcountryPilgrim  3 роки тому +3

      Well since Protestants already define theology any way they want, I don't see a problem with them defining a pilgrimage any way they want. :) LOL Juuuuust having fun. ;) (Insert statue worship joke here.) Hahahahaha.

    • @genewood9062
      @genewood9062 3 роки тому +2

      @@BackcountryPilgrim Hi:
      Protestants use the idea of pilgrimage as a metaphor for the Christian life.
      Most famous, and cited in some Camino videos, would be "Pilgrim's Progress", by John Bunyan. I seem to recall that this was the second best selling book in the world, for two centuries.
      Lately, a fourteen year old boy in our family died. I believe, trusting in Christ. I wrote a note using the Camino as a metaphor. His life was like getting to Santiago. Now he has gone on to Finisterra, and the ocean of eternity lies before him.
      Some readers may be comforted, or be able to comfort others, with this image.

    • @genewood9062
      @genewood9062 3 роки тому

      @@BackcountryPilgrim Our discussion reminded me of the Spanish Inquisition. A key part of our tribal memory.
      Made me ask, 'Is a Protestant safe, or welcome, on the Camino?"
      I just did a Google search for "Santiago Spain Church Directory". There are only Roman Catholic churches, and not even one Protestant church, in Santiago!
      Guess I don't feel welcome to go there.

  • @emilyhutjes
    @emilyhutjes Рік тому +1

    St. James is in Dutch: JACOBUS ( NEW TESTAMENT)

  • @alangervasis
    @alangervasis 2 роки тому +2

    Isn't Spain mentioned in Romans 15: 24 ???

    • @BackcountryPilgrim
      @BackcountryPilgrim  2 роки тому +2

      Yes! St. Paul expressed his hope to visit the Church in Rome on his way to Spain. His "4th Missionary Journey" was mot recorded in Acts, but there is good evidence from history that he traveled one more time after his initial arrest and trial in Rome, and this would correlate to some of his final epistles. Whether he made it to Spain or not is not know for certain but he definitely might have!

  • @Kitiwake
    @Kitiwake Рік тому +1

    Santiago is the traditional burial place of Saint James the apostle and a centuries old Catholic pilgrimage trail used in order to perform penance for our sins or to gain an indulgence.
    Why would pilgrims seek those spiritual benefits otherwise?

    • @BackcountryPilgrim
      @BackcountryPilgrim  Рік тому

      I'm not sure how to answer this. Did I imply that they wouldn't?

    • @Kitiwake
      @Kitiwake Рік тому

      Yes. You avoided what a pilgrimage is and the reason why pilgrims began to make the trip to to Santiago.

    • @BackcountryPilgrim
      @BackcountryPilgrim  Рік тому

      ​@wolfthequarrelsome I did not "avoid" anything. The video was not about pilgrimage purposes - it was about who St. James is (hence the title).

  • @seleneelf2961
    @seleneelf2961 3 місяці тому +1

    Moral of the story : dont listen to pillars

  • @SadhviJenn
    @SadhviJenn 2 місяці тому +2

    Jesús was Essene.
    St. James (and Mary Magdalene) brought the Essene practices with their love for Christ.

    • @BackcountryPilgrim
      @BackcountryPilgrim  2 місяці тому

      That's highly speculative on more than one level.

    • @SadhviJenn
      @SadhviJenn 2 місяці тому +1

      @@BackcountryPilgrim he was told to go there by Jesus and spread the word.

  • @Longordon1
    @Longordon1 3 роки тому +1

    Not Spain but Portugal

    • @BackcountryPilgrim
      @BackcountryPilgrim  3 роки тому

      ??

    • @Longordon1
      @Longordon1 3 роки тому +4

      @@BackcountryPilgrim The boat stranded in Matosinhos (Portugal), the body went to Spain. The name of the knight is Cayo Carpo a centurion from Rome Empire.

    • @BackcountryPilgrim
      @BackcountryPilgrim  2 роки тому +1

      @@Longordon1 Yet another version! :)

    • @Longordon1
      @Longordon1 2 роки тому +1

      @@BackcountryPilgrim lot people talk about the year 44, was famous in 11 century, exist records from families

    • @Longordon1
      @Longordon1 2 роки тому +1

      @@BackcountryPilgrim 2 families have symbol give from the Lord to them, disciples of Christ said that, that families are very important in judaism and christianism, denied that families is same denied judaism and christianism