Epistle

  • 31Epistle (in Scripture) — • The Old Testament exhibits two periods in its idea of an epistle: first, it presents the epistle under the general concept of a book or a writing; secondly, it regards the epistle as a distinct literary form. The New Testament presents a very… …

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  • 32Epistle of Barnabas —     Epistle of Barnabas     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Epistle of Barnabas     Authorities for the Text and Editions     There is a triple tradition of the Greek text of this document. Up to 1843 eight manuscripts of the Epistle of Barnabas were… …

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  • 33Epistle to Diognetus —     Epistle to Diognetus     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Epistle to Diognetus     (EPISTOLA AD DIOGNETUM).     This beautiful little apology for Christianity is cited by no ancient or medieval writer, and came down to us in a single manuscript… …

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  • 34Epistle side — Epistle E*pis tle, n. [OE. epistle, epistel, AS. epistol, pistol, L. epistola, fr. Gr. ? anything sent by a messenger, message, letter, fr. ? to send to, tell by letter or message; epi upon, to + ? to dispatch, send; cf. OF. epistle, epistre, F.… …

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  • 35Epistle to a Godson — and other poems is a book of poems by W. H. Auden, published in 1972.This book was the last book of poems that Auden completed in his lifetime; its successor, Thank You, Fog was left unfinished at his death.The poems included in the book were… …

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  • 36Epistle to the Hebrews — Books of the New Testament …

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  • 37Epistle of James — The Epistle of James is a book in the Christian New Testament. The author identifies himself as James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ , traditionally understood as James the Just, the brother of Jesus (see Authorship and… …

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  • 38Epistle to the Laodiceans — An Epistle to the Laodiceans, purportedly written by Paul of Tarsus to the Laodicean Church, is mentioned in the canonical Epistle to the Colossians . Several texts bearing this title have been known to have existed, but none are widely believed… …

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  • 39Epistle of Barnabas — The Epistle of Barnabas is a Greek treatise with some features of an epistle containing twenty one chapters, preserved complete in the 4th century Codex Sinaiticus where it appears at the end of the New Testament. It is traditionally ascribed to… …

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  • 40Epistle to the Galatians — The Epistle to the Galatians is a book of the New Testament. It is a letter from Paul of Tarsus to a number of early Christian communities in the Roman province of Galatia in central Anatolia. It is principally concerned with the controversy… …

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