Editing Alphaeus (section)

===Identification with Matthew and James the Less===
Usually, in the Western Catholic tradition, there are believed to be two men named Alphaeus. One of them was the father of the apostle [[James the Less|James]] and the other the father of [[Matthew the Apostle|Matthew]] (Levi).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1275|title=St. Alphaeus - Saints & Angels}}</ref> Though both Matthew and James are described as being the "son of Alphaeus," there is no Biblical account of the two being called brothers, even in the same context where [[John the Apostle|John]] and [[James, son of Zebedee|James]] or [[Saint Peter|Peter]] and [[Saint Andrew|Andrew]] are described as being brothers. Despite this, Eastern Church tradition typically states that Matthew and James were brothers.<ref name="Dmitry of Rostov">{{cite web| url=https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%85_%D0%BF%D0%BE_%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8E_%D1%81%D0%B2%D1%82._%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE/%D0%9E%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8C/9 | title=Dmitry of Rostov ''Lives of the Saints''}}</ref><ref name="Prologue of Ohrid">{{cite web| url=http://westserbdio.org/en/prologue/657-october-9 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502033042/http://westserbdio.org/en/prologue/657-october-9 | url-status=dead | archive-date=2017-05-02 | title=Nikolaj Velimirović ''Prologue of Ohrid''}}</ref><ref name="ibn Kabar">{{cite web| url=https://stnoufer.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/the-lamp-that-lights-the-darkness-ibn-kabar.pdf | title=Shams ibn Kabar ''The Lamp that Lights the Darkness in Clarifying the Service''}}</ref> The [[New Testament Apocrypha|apocryphal]] [[Gospel of Peter]] also refers to Levi as the son of Alphaeus.<ref>{{cite book|author=[[Walter Richard Cassels|Walter Richard]]|title=The Gospel According to Peter: A Study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vQtKAAAAMAAJ|publisher=[[Longman|Longmans, Green]]|date=1894|page=11|accessdate=2022-04-02}}</ref>