但是他称雅各书为草木禾秸之书，而且与保罗的教导矛盾。

虽然他有时会引用雅各书，甚至以雅各书为讲道的题目（in 1536，he preached on James 1:16-21），那是因为他把雅各书当成“次经”，认为雅各书与其他两约之间写的一些次经一样，是有用的书，而且他也把这些书 （Hebrews, James, Jude and Revelation） 放在他翻译的圣经的最后面， 所以他认为雅各书不是正典意思是很清楚的。

至于他最后是否改变他对雅各书的观点，没有史料可以证明。

Luther placed the books of Hebrews, James, Jude and Revelation at the end of his translation and failed to note their page numbers in the index. He wrote a preface to James claiming it "contradicts Paul by teaching justification by works" M243. In the earliest editions Luther wrote his now famous comment: "St. James Epistle is really an epistle of straw compared to [St. Paul's letters], for it lacks this evangelical character" Deutsche Bibel 6 as quoted in P988.

Luther however, never declared James or any other New Testament book non-canonical. He quotes from James occasionally. Read Luther's actual comments. John Wesley, on the other hand, quoted from James and seemed to argue for the validity of James' theology. Find Links to Wesley's use of James.

http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/James/Background/Canon.htm#reformation