| 单词 | catholic epistle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasCatholic Epistle 4. Addressed to all churches or people. Frequently in Catholic Epistle: (a name given to) the epistles of James, Peter, Jude, and John. Cf. general epistle n.Of the epistles of John, only 1 John was originally considered a catholic epistle; now, the second and third epistles of John are also included. [It is not certain that this was the original sense of Byzantine Greek ἐπιστολὴ καθολικὴ , since some early writers appear to use it in the sense ‘genuine and accepted’ (compare canonical epistles at canonical adj. 3): but the attribute has been understood in the sense ‘encyclical’ or ‘general’ since the 10th or 11th cent. Compare post-classical Latin epistola catholica (4th or 5th cent. in Jerome), Middle French epistre catholique (1524 or earlier; French epître catholique).] ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > New Testament > epistle > [noun] > Catholic general epistle1560 Catholic Epistle1582 1538 Bible (Coverdale) James (heading) The catholyke Epistle of the Apostle Iames. 1615 J. Boys Expos. Festiuall Epistles & Gospels 401 To conuert Iewes he wrote principally, but that which is said vnto them, is said vnto vs, and all; in which respect this letter is entituled, The generall or Catholike Epistle of S Iames. 1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. v. 69 The Encyclick, Circular, or Catholick Letters, were address'd to all Churches, or to all the Faithful. 1855 B. F. Westcott Canon New Test. (1881) 395 It may be inferred that the seven Catholic Epistles were formed into a collection at the close of the third century. 1956 Harvard Theol. Rev. 49 159 Sometime between the 4th and 7th centuries, a recension of the N[ew] T[estament], or at least of the Pauline and Catholic epistles, into thought-lines was made. 2008 Church Times 16 May 25/3 The book explores the texts of the New Testament... It begins with the history of the period..before looking at Paul's letters, the Gospels, Acts.., the Catholic Epistles, and Revelation. < as lemmas |
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