Pauline Epistles

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New Testament writings collection of biblical texts

The Pauline Epistles are a collection of New Testament letters traditionally attributed to the Apostle Paul, addressing early Christian communities and key theological themes.

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Observed surface forms (27)

Surface form	Occurrences
Pauline epistles	20
First Epistle to the Corinthians	3
1 Timothy	2
Epistle to the Romans	2
Epistles of Paul	2
Pastoral Epistles	2
Pauline letters	2
1 Corinthians	1
1 Thessalonians	1
2 Corinthians	1
2 Thessalonians	1
2 Timothy	1
Colossians	1
Ephesians	1
Epistle to the Colossians	1
Epistle to the Ephesians	1
Epistle to the Galatians	1
Epistle to the Philippians	1
Galatians	1
Letters of Paul	1
Major Epistles	1
New Testament epistles	1
Pauline corpus	1
Pauline missions	1
Philemon	1
Philippians	1
Prison Epistles	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Testament writings ⓘ collection of biblical texts ⓘ
addressesAudience	early Christian communities ⓘ individual Christian leaders ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Pauline Epistles ⓘ surface form: Letters of Paul
attributedTo	Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle
canonicalStatus	canonical in most Christian traditions ⓘ
circulatedAs	letters among early churches ⓘ
containsWork	Pauline Epistles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 1 Corinthians Pauline Epistles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 1 Thessalonians Pauline Epistles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 1 Timothy Pauline Epistles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 2 Corinthians Pauline Epistles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 2 Thessalonians Pauline Epistles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 2 Timothy Pauline Epistles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Colossians Pauline Epistles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ephesians Pauline Epistles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Galatians Letter to the Hebrews ⓘ surface form: Letter to the Hebrews (traditional attribution in some traditions) Pauline Epistles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Philemon Pauline Epistles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Philippians Romans ⓘ Titus ⓘ
genreFeatures	doctrinal exposition ⓘ greetings and closings typical of ancient letters ⓘ paraenesis (moral exhortation) ⓘ
historicalContext	1st-century Christianity ⓘ
influenced	Christian ethics ⓘ Christian liturgy ⓘ Christian theology ⓘ Western religious thought ⓘ
language	Koine Greek ⓘ
literaryForm	epistle ⓘ
numberOfBooks	13 ⓘ
partOf	New Testament ⓘ
recognizedBy	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church most Protestant denominations ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
subcollection	Pauline Epistles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Major Epistles Catholic Epistles ⓘ surface form: Minor Epistles Pauline Epistles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pastoral Epistles Pauline Epistles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Prison Epistles disputed Pauline letters ⓘ undisputed Pauline letters ⓘ
theologicalTheme	Christology ⓘ God the Holy Spirit ⓘ surface form: Holy Spirit ecclesiology ⓘ eschatology ⓘ ethics and Christian conduct ⓘ grace ⓘ justification by faith ⓘ
usedIn	Christian doctrine formation ⓘ Christian worship ⓘ biblical exegesis ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apostle Paul → scripturalCorpus → Pauline Epistles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pauline epistles

Pauline Epistles → subcollection → Pauline Epistles self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pastoral Epistles

Pauline Epistles → subcollection → Pauline Epistles self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prison Epistles

Pauline Epistles → subcollection → Pauline Epistles self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Major Epistles

Commentary on the Epistles of Paul → subject → Pauline Epistles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Epistles of Paul

1 Corinthians 13 → tradition → Pauline Epistles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pauline epistles