Epistles

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Epistles are formal letters, especially those found in the New Testament of the Christian Bible, traditionally attributed to apostles and addressing doctrinal, ethical, or pastoral issues.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
New Testament epistles 7
Epistles canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Biblical genre ⓘ
Letter ⓘ
New Testament literature ⓘ
Religious text type ⓘ
attributedTo James the Just ⓘ
John the Apostle ⓘ
linked to: Apostle John

Jude ⓘ
Paul the Apostle ⓘ
linked to: Apostle Paul

Peter the Apostle ⓘ
linked to: Apostle Peter
hasForm formal letter ⓘ
hasFunctionInEthics source of Christian moral teaching ⓘ
hasFunctionInLiturgy scripture reading ⓘ
hasFunctionInTheology source of Christian doctrine ⓘ
hasLanguage Koine Greek ⓘ
hasPurpose church organization ⓘ
community correction ⓘ
doctrinal instruction ⓘ
ethical instruction ⓘ
moral exhortation ⓘ
pastoral guidance ⓘ
theological clarification ⓘ
includes Catholic epistles ⓘ
linked to: Catholic Epistles

Epistle of James ⓘ
Epistle of Jude ⓘ
Epistle to Philemon ⓘ
Epistle to Titus ⓘ
Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ
Epistle to the Ephesians ⓘ
Epistle to the Galatians ⓘ
Epistle to the Hebrews ⓘ
Epistle to the Philippians ⓘ
First Epistle of John ⓘ
First Epistle of Peter ⓘ
First Epistle to Timothy ⓘ
First Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ
First Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
General epistles ⓘ
linked to: Catholic Epistles

Letter to the Romans ⓘ
Pastoral epistles ⓘ
linked to: Pauline Epistles

Pauline epistles ⓘ
linked to: Pauline Epistles

Second Epistle of John ⓘ
Second Epistle of Peter ⓘ
Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ
Second Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ
Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
Third Epistle of John ⓘ
influenced Christian canon law ⓘ
Christian pastoral practice ⓘ
Christian systematic theology ⓘ
partOf New Testament ⓘ
usedInReligion Christianity ⓘ
writtenInPeriod 1st century CE ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Ga Bible → hasPart → Epistles ⓘ
The Parable of the Wicked Mammon → basedOn → New Testament epistles ⓘ
linked to: Epistles
Onesimus as formerly useless but now useful → canonicalContext → New Testament epistles ⓘ
linked to: Epistles
Fifth Sunday of Easter → associatedWith → New Testament epistles ⓘ
linked to: Epistles
Apostolos → contains → Epistles ⓘ
Iban Bible → contains → Epistles ⓘ
Commentary on the Epistles of Paul → focusesOn → New Testament epistles ⓘ
linked to: Epistles
The Doctrine of Church Leadership → usesSource → New Testament epistles ⓘ
linked to: Epistles
Living Letters → basedOn → New Testament epistles ⓘ
linked to: Epistles
Living Letters → subject → Epistles ⓘ
A Call to Spiritual Reformation → usesSource → New Testament epistles ⓘ
linked to: Epistles