In the 17th century, the Quaker movement adopted the use of the word epistle following the example of its use in the
New Testament. A
Quaker
Quakers are people who belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of Christian denomination, denominations known formally as the Religious Society of Friends. Members of these movements ("theFriends") are generally united by a belie ...
epistle
An epistle (; el, ἐπιστολή, ''epistolē,'' "letter") is a writing directed or sent to a person or group of people, usually an elegant and formal didactic letter. The epistle genre of letter-writing was common in ancient Egypt as par ...
is an advisory or admonitory letter, sent to a group of people; such a letter is sometimes termed a "general epistle". Epistles continue to be sent by
Yearly Meetings in session to all other Yearly Meetings.
Blog of Epistles
received by The Friend (Quaker magazine).
See also
* Book of Discipline (Quaker)
Notes
References
Further reading
* "To Friends everywhere" : reflections on the epistle in the life of London Yearly Meeting" by Edward H. Milligan
Edward Hyslop Milligan (27 March 1922 – 26 July 2020), also known as Ted Milligan, was a Quaker historian and the former librarian at Friends House, London. He was the author of ''The Biographical Dictionary of British Quakers in Commerce and I ...
. - In: ''The Friends' quarterly'' ; Vol.22 ; no.11 (July 1982 ) p. 724-736.
* "Epistles in context: London Yearly Meeting in the nineteenth century" by Peggy Heeks - In ''Friends quarterly''; Vol. 40; No. 3 (August 2012) pp. 12–23.
* "Written epistles of London Yearly Meeting in the eighteenth century" by David J. Hall in ''A Quaker miscellany for Edward H. Milligan'', edited by David Blamires, Jeremy Greenwood and Alex Kerr, published by David Blamires (1985) . pp. 91 – 99.
External links
Epistles from Yearly Meetings of Friends around the world, 2012 to present
Epistles in English from Yearly Meetings in the Americas
Epistles in Spanish from Yearly Meetings in the Americas/Epístolas de las Juntas Anuales
Quaker practices
Christian literary genres
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