Catholic Epistles

American  

plural noun

1. the New Testament Epistles of James, I and II Peter, I John, and sometimes II and III John and Jude, addressed to the entire church.

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Catholic Epistles British  

plural noun

1. New Testament the epistles of James, I and II Peter, I John, and Jude, which were addressed to the universal Church rather than to an individual or a particular church

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Example Sentences

On the seven Catholic Epistles, a book on each.

From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert

A follows the Byzantine class of authorities in the Gospels, the Western in the Acts and Catholic Epistles, and the Alexandrian in St. Paul.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

They accepted without hesitation the pastoral epistles as Pauline, but doubted some of the Catholic Epistles, which bear the impress of authenticity more strongly, such as James.

From The Canon of the Bible by Davidson, Samuel

The Pauline Epistles, Catholic Epistles, and Acts; ascribed by Assemani to the fourteenth century.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

Pasinus notes that the Pauline precede the Catholic Epistles.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose