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

Arabic Version of the Acts of the Apostles and the Seven Catholic Epistles, edited by Margaret Gibson, 330 footnote.

From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine

But we find that he only uses the three Catholic Epistles contained in the Peshitta Syriac version of the New Testament, probably completed soon after A.D.

From The Books of the New Testament by Pullan, Leighton

We find the same thing in the Gospels of St. Matthew and St. John, and in the Catholic Epistles.

From Chapters of Bible Study A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Sacred Scriptures by Heuser, Herman J.

The first volume of this edition appeared in 1782, after it had been already eight years in preparation: this comprised the Catholic Epistles.

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

On the seven Catholic Epistles, a book on each.

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