short letter or epistle

  • 1Epistle of Saint Jude —     Epistle of St. Jude     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Epistle of St. Jude     The present subject will be treated under the following heads:     I. The Author and the Authenticity of the Epistle:     (1) Jude in the Books of the New Testament;… …

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  • 2Epistle 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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  • 3Epistle to the Ephesians —     Epistle to the Ephesians     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Epistle to the Ephesians     This article will be treated under the following heads:     ♦ I. Analysis of the Epistle;     ♦ II. Special Characteristics:     ♦ (1) Form:     (a)… …

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  • 4Epistle to the Colossians —     Epistle to the Colossians     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Epistle to the Colossians     One of the four Captivity Epistles written by St. Paul during his first imprisonment in Rome the other three being Ephesians, Philemon and Philippians. That …

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  • 5Epistle 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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  • 6Epistle to the Galatians —     Epistle to the Galatians     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Epistle to the Galatians     GALATIA     In the course of centuries, gallic tribes, related to those that invaded Italy and sacked Rome, wandered east through Illyricum and Pannonia. At… …

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  • 7Epistle of St. James —     Epistle of St. James     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Epistle of St. James     The questions concerning this epistle are treated in the following order:     I. Author and Genuineness; II. Tradition as to the Canonicity; III. Analysis and… …

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  • 8Epistle 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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  • 9letter — n. & v. n. 1 a a character representing one or more of the simple or compound sounds used in speech, any of the alphabetic symbols. b (in pl.) colloq. the initials of a degree etc. after the holder s name. c US a school or college initial as a… …

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  • 10PHILEMON, EPISTLE TO —    a short letter by Paul to a member of the Church at Colossæ on behalf of a slave, Onesimus, who had deserted his service, gone off with some of his property, and taken refuge in Rome, but had been converted to Christ, and whom he begs not to… …

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