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Saint Paul Writing His Epistles, by Valentin de Boulogne or Nicolas Tournier (c. 16th century, Blaffer Foundation Collection, Houston, TX).. An epistle (/ ɪ ˈ p ɪ s əl /; from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ) 'letter') is a writing directed or sent to a person or group of people, usually an elegant and formal didactic letter.
Early examples of letter-writing theory can be found in C. Julius Victor's Ars rhetorica and Cassiodorus Senator's Variae epistolae. [1] Other examples can be found in the Pseudo-Demetrius' Typoi epistolikoi, Pseudo-Libanius' Epistolimaioi kharacteres, Demetrius' Peri hermeneias, Philostratus of Lemnos' treatise, and Gregory of Nazianus' Epistle 51.
Letters, theological treatises and other instructive and devotional works have been produced by Christian authors since the times of Jesus. For early Christian times almost all writing would be non-fiction, including letters, biblical commentaries, doctrinal works and hagiography.
Pages in category "2nd-century Christian texts" The following 72 pages are in this category, out of 72 total. ... Letter of Peter to Philip; Letter to Flora; M.
Early Christian writings: The First Epistle of Clement – Useful links; Lexundria: 1 Clement: Epistle of the Romans to the Corinthians – English translation by Kirsopp Lake; The Use of Material Deriving from the Synoptic Gospels in the Letter of Clement to the Corinthians Archived 2010-09-29 at the Wayback Machine; 2012 Translation & Audio ...
The letter is the first pagan account to refer to Christianity, providing key information on early Christian beliefs and practices and how these were viewed and dealt with by the Romans. [2] [5] [6] The letter and Trajan's reply indicate that at the time of its writing there was no systematic and official persecution of Christians in the Roman ...
The First Epistle of John stands out from the others due to its form, but they are united by language, style, contents, themes, and worldview. [9] The Second and Third Epistles of John are composed as regular greco-roman letters, with greetings and endings, while the First Epistle of John lacks such characteristic markings and instead resembles a sermon or an exhoratory speech.
Letter to a Christian Nation is a 2006 book by Sam Harris, written in response to feedback he received following the publication of his first book The End of Faith. The book is written in the form of an open letter to a Christian in the United States. Harris states that his aim is "to demolish the intellectual and moral pretensions of ...