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 epistle is an advisory or admonitory letter sent to a group of people; such a letter is sometimes termed a "general epistle".[a] Epistles continue to be sent by Yearly Meetings in session to all other Yearly Meetings.[1][2][3]

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  1. ^ For examples of the titles of these 17th-century Quaker epistles, search on "epistle" in the catalogue Archived 2009-05-12 at the Wayback Machine of the Religious Society of Friends Library, London. Examples may also be found on Wikisource, including the text of a short epistle written by Isaac Penington in 1667 which is available on Wikisource.

References

  1. ^ "links to Britain Yearly Meeting Epistle sent in 2012 (.pdf)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  2. ^ Epistles received by Britain Yearly Meeting from other Yearly Meetings, printed as part of Documents in Advance of Yearly Meeting 2009 Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine - pdf file.
  3. ^ Blog of Epistles received by The Friend (Quaker magazine).

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