Epistle书信

An epistle is a letter addressed to a specific person or persons but intended for a general audience. The most famous examples of ancient epistles are those in books of the New Testament. 一个书信，是写信给一个具体的某人或某些人的用意，但对于一般的观众。最著名的例子古代书信，是那些在书本上的新约圣经。 Modern examples, modeled on Greek and Roman epistles, are the poetic epistles of Alexander Pope and Voltaire.近代的例子，仿照希腊和罗马教会中，有诗意的书信的波普和伏尔泰。

Epistles书信

Epistles, the apostolic letters.教会中，使徒信。 The New Testament contains twenty-one in all.新约圣经包含2001年在所有。 They are divided into two classes.他们分成两班。

1. Paul's Epistles, fourteen in number, including Hebrews. 保罗的书信， 14个在数量，其中包括希伯来人。 These are not arranged in the New Testament in the order of time as to their composition, but rather according to the rank of the cities or places to which they were sent.这些都不是安排在新约圣经中的命令时间，以确定它们的组成，而是按职级的城市或地区，给他们寄出。 Who arranged them after this manner is unknown.谁安排后，他们以这种方式是未知之数。 Paul's letters were, as a rule, dictated to an amanuensis, a fact which accounts for some of their peculiarities.保罗的信，作为一项规则，出于一个amanuensis ，此一事实，占了他们的一些特点。 He authenticated them, however, by adding a few words in his own hand at the close.他的认证，但是，增加了几句话，在他自己的手在接近。 (See Epistle to the Galatians) The epistles to Timothy and Titus are styled the Pastoral Epistles. （见书信向加拉太）书信向提摩太和提多称为牧区书信。

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2. The Catholic or General Epistles, so called because they are not addressed to any particular church or city or individual, but to Christians in general, or to Christians in several countries. 天主教或一般的书信，所谓的，因为他们并不是针对任何特定的教会或城市或个人，但以基督徒一般，或者基督教徒，在好几个国家。 Of these, three are written by John, two by Peter, and one each by James and Jude.其中，有3位是写约翰，两个由彼得，另外3个分别由詹姆斯和裘德。

It is an interesting and instructive fact that a large portion of the New Testament is taken up with epistles.这是一项有趣的和有启发性的事实，其中相当大一部分新约圣经是采取了书信。 The doctrines of Christianity are thus not set forth in any formal treatise, but mainly in a collection of letters.该学说是基督教，所以没有提出任何正式的论文，但主要是在收集了信。 "Christianity was the first great missionary religion. It was the first to break the bonds of race and aim at embracing all mankind. But this necessarily involved a change in the mode in which it was presented. The prophet of the Old Testament, if he had anything to communicate, either appeared in person or sent messengers to speak for him by word of mouth. The narrow limits of Palestine made direct personal communication easy. But the case was different when the Christian Church came to consist of a number of scattered parts, stretching from Mesopotamia in the east to Rome or even Spain in the far west. It was only natural that the apostle by whom the greater number of these communities had been founded should seek to communicate with them by letter." "基督教是第一个伟大的传教士，宗教，它是第一个打破债券的比赛，目标是在拥抱全人类的，但这种必然牵涉到改变的模式，其中据介绍，该先知的旧约圣经，如果他有任何沟通，无论是出现在人或派出信使说话，他的口碑相传。狭隘界限的巴勒斯坦直接人与人之间的沟通容易，但情况不同，当基督教来到构成了一些零散的零件，从美索不达米亚平原，在东罗马，甚至是西班牙在远西，它是自然的使徒谁发现了更大数目的这些社区已经成立，应设法与他们沟通，由信" 。

(Easton Illustrated Dictionary) （伊斯顿说明字典）

Ca'tholic Epistles ca'tholic书信

The Catholic epistles are the epistles of James, Peter, John, and Jude; so called because they are addressed to Christians in general, and not to any church or person in particular.天主教教会是书信的詹姆斯，彼得，约翰，和裘德，所以所谓的，因为他们是针对基督教徒一般，并没有任何教会或个人，尤其是。

(Easton Illustrated Dictionary) （伊斯顿说明字典）

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