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Encyclopedia: General epistles
General epistles (also called Catholic Epistles) are books in the New Testament in the form of letters. They are termed "general" because for the most part their intended audience seems to be Christi...
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"Epistle" simply means a literary letter which was intended to be published and read by the general public. This was an established literary style as early as the 4th century BCE. The general epistles were apparently letters to churches and individuals written to handle specific topics.
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"Epistle" simply means a literary letter which was intended to be published and read by the general public. This was an established literary style as early as the 4th century BCE. The "Pauline" letters in the Christian Scriptures (New Testament) did not start out as epistles.
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The General Epistles (also called Catholic Epistles) are in the form of letters. They are termed "general" because for the most part they are addressed to a...
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In separate chapters Koenig deals with the evidence in the writings of Paul and the General Epistles, and in the Gospels, Acts, and Revelation for the...
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The term "general" is at best an imperfect way to characterize the last eight epistles of the New Testament. It has been selected because,
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General epistles (also called Catholic Epistles) are books in the New Testament in the form of letters. The letters attributed to Paul are not included.
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It is not uncommon for St. Peter to throw a light on the more obscure passages of the Epistle of Jude, or to interpret the more difficult passages. At one time he puts them in a shorter form or uses more general terms;
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The introduction to the book of James found in the New American Bible. Numerous passages in James treat of subjects that also appear in the synoptic sayings of Jesus, especially in Matthew's Sermon on the Mount, but the correspondences are too general to establish any literary dependence.
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Links and study resources to Paul and the Pauline World. General Issues in Paul's Life and Theology, The World of Paul, The Letters of Paul, Pseudonymous Letters, Pauline Literature, L. Gregory Bloomquist, 2003. "Can Rhetoric Be Made Ethical? The Epistle as Anti-Rhetoric," Carol Poster.
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