Definition of Epistles. Meaning of Epistles. Synonyms of Epistles

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Definition of Epistles

Epistle
Epistle E*pis"tle, v. t. To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing. [Obs.] --Milton.

Meaning of Epistles from wikipedia

- referred to as epistles. Those traditionally attributed to Paul are known as Pauline epistles and the others as catholic (i.e., "general") epistles. The ancient...
- The Pauline epistles, also known as Epistles of Paul or Letters of Paul, are the thirteen books of the New Testament attributed to Paul the Apostle, although...
- Pe****ta places the major Catholic epistles (James, 1 Peter, and 1 John) immediately after Acts and before the Pauline epistles. The order of an early edition...
- spurious epistles attributed to Ignatius (see § Pseudo-Ignatius below). M****cripts representing the Short Recension of the Ignatian epistles were discovered...
- teachings such as the "Answering the Nusayri" epistle and the fifth volume of the Epistles. Most of the Epistles are written in a post-classical language,...
- The catholic epistles (also called the general epistles) are seven epistles of the New Testament. Listed in order of their appearance in the New Testament...
- of Paul. The remaining four contested epistles – Ephesians, as well as the three known as the Pastoral Epistles (1 and 2 Timothy, and Titus) – have been...
- There are two Epistles of Peter in the New Testament: First Epistle of Peter Second Epistle of Peter Authorship of the Petrine epistles Letter of Peter...
- The Epistle of James is a general epistle and one of the 21 epistles (didactic letters) in the New Testament. It was written originally in Koine Gr****...
- The Epistle to the Romans is the sixth book in the New Testament, and the longest of the thirteen Pauline epistles. Biblical scholars agree that it was...