Epistles

  • Matthew
  • Markus
  • Luke
  • John
  • Roman
  • 1 Corinthians
  • 2 Corinthians
  • Galatians
  • Ephesians
  • Philippians
  • Colossians
  • 1 Thessalonians
  • 2 Thessalonians
  • 1 Timothy
  • 2 Timothy
  • Titus
  • Philemon
  • Hebrew
  • Epistle of James
  • 1 Peter
  • 2 Peter
  • 1 John
  • 2 John
  • 3 John
  • Judas

Apostolic letters are the teaching and warning letter in the New Testament which were addressed by the Apostles to Christian communities or to individual Christians.

They are divided into the 13 letters of Paul, the Letter to the Hebrews and the seven Catholic Epistles, Catholic, because they are not addressed to individual recipients, but to the general Christianity.

Some of Paul's letters are now considered pseudepigrapha, meaning that they were relying on Paul, but not written by him personally. The book of Hebrews was expected in the tradition of the Pauline epistles and so included in the biblical canon.

A certain group of letters is called the Pastoral Epistles. The term refers first Epistle to the apostolic letters in the liturgy then to other texts of the Bible read in church services ( in addition to the gospels ).

Several letters written by apostles have been lost, such as the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians ( 1 Cor. 5, 9) and a letter of the same to the Laodicenser (Col. 4, 15 ).

To be distinguished from these letters of the Bible is an apocryphal writing under the name of Epistula Apostolorum, which has no known from the Bible, Acts as a writer.

  • Book of the New Testament
First Epistle to the Corinthians Second Epistle to the Corinthians Epistle to the Galatians Epistle to the Ephesians Epistle to the Philippians First Epistle to the Thessalonians Second Epistle to the Thessalonians First Epistle to Timothy Epistle to Titus Epistle to Philemon General epistles First Epistle of Peter First Epistle of John Second Epistle of John Third Epistle of John Epistle of Jude History of the term "Catholic"
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