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From those verses alone: Matt 13:55 names James as a brother of Jesus (with Joses, Simon, Judas). Matt 27:56 and Mark 15:40 name a Mary as mother of James the younger/less and Joses, plus the mother of Zebedee’s sons (James and John). Gal 1:19 names James the Lord’s brother.
This establishes at least three distinct Jameses: the Lord’s brother (James the Just), James the Less, and James son of Zebedee.
Identification of James the Just with James the Less is traditional in some Catholic views (via Jerome: same person as son of Alphaeus/Mary of Clopas, a cousin). Evidence for: shared names James/Joses and a mother Mary. Evidence against: Gospels distinguish the crucifixion Mary from Jesus’ mother (John 19:25 lists them separately; she is “the other Mary”), and Jesus’ brothers initially did not believe (John 7:5). Most modern scholars treat them as separate.
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Catholics trace their roots to the 1st century AD via the early Christian church founded by Jesus and the Apostles. The word "Catholic" (meaning universal) appears in writings by ~107 AD.
Protestantism started in the 1500s during the Reformation (Luther 1517 onward).
Evangelicalism is a later Protestant movement, emerging strongly in the 1700s-1800s revivals and solidifying in the 20th century.
Catholics predate the others by 1,500+ years.
