Catholic Epistles

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The Catholic Epistles are a collection of New Testament letters addressed to broad Christian audiences rather than specific individuals or communities.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical text corpus
collection of New Testament writings
addressedTo broad Christian audiences
universal Church
alsoKnownAs Catholic Letters
General Epistles
canonicalIn Eastern Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodox Churches
Protestant Churches
Roman Catholic Church
canonicalStatus part of Christian biblical canon
distinguishedFrom Pastoral Epistles
Pauline Epistles
genre epistle
hasPart Epistle of James
Epistle of Jude
First Epistle of John
First Epistle of Peter
Second Epistle of John
Second Epistle of Peter
Third Epistle of John
hasSubject Christian community life
Christian love
church discipline
orthodox belief
spiritual discernment
influenced Christian doctrinal development
Christian moral teaching
language Koine Greek
numberOfBooks 7
partOf New Testament
periodWritten 1st century AD
religiousTradition Christianity
theologicalThemes Christian ethics
eschatological expectation
faith and works
false teaching and heresy
love and fellowship
perseverance under persecution
traditionalAuthorOfPart James the Just
John the Apostle
Jude the Apostle
Peter the Apostle
usedIn Christian liturgy
Christian theology
biblical exegesis

Referenced by (20)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Codex Alexandrinus
Codex Sinaiticus
United Bible Societies Greek New Testament ("Catholic epistles")
contains
Catholic Epistles ("Epistle of James")
Catholic Epistles ("First Epistle of Peter")
September Testament ("General Epistles")
hasPart
Catholic Epistles ("General Epistles")
Catholic Epistles ("Catholic Letters")
alsoKnownAs
Apostle Peter ("First Epistle of Peter")
Apostle Peter ("Second Epistle of Peter")
authorTraditionallyAttributed
Eastern Orthodox canon
Textus Receptus ("General Epistles")
includesBook
New Testament manuscripts ("Catholic epistles")
contain
Commentaries on the Bible
coversBook
New Testament theology ("Catholic epistles")
drawsFrom
Bible
hasMajorDivision
First Epistle of John
partOf
First Epistle of Peter ("catholic epistles")
positionInCanon
Gospels and Acts
precedes
Pauline Epistles ("Minor Epistles")
subcollection

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