Talk:Epistles

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Problems with this article: 1. Although in a Christian context, 'epistle' refers to Christian writings, in antiquity and even more recent periods it refered to letters in general. 2. It only mentions the cannonical epistles; it should mention other epistles as well (1 Clement, Laodiceans, Epistle to Diogenetes (or whatever it was called), the supposed correspondence between Jesus and a Syrian King, etc.) 3. It presumes they were all written by the Apostles. Some epistles probably were, but others likely weren't.

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Good comments. I'll try to at least begin addressing them, though listing all epistles ever is a rather daunting task. Wesley

Merger proposal

Please discuss the proposed merger of Epistle and Epistles below. - Fayenatic (talk) 19:15, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

I agree with the proposed merger. There is really no point in keeping two separate pages! One could remain as a redirect page.--Dampinograaf (talk) 03:02, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Quick Question

Is it absolutely necessary to call the use of 'epistle' in reference to everyday letters pretentious? That strikes me as the sort of value judgement that we ought not encourage in an article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Frank232s (talk • contribs) 03:52, 4 July 2008 (UTC)