An "epistle" in The Bible is a letter expressing a religious message to the particular persons to whom it is addressed. This is not the same as an "apostle," who was a follower of Jesus Christ. Several apostles did write epistles though.
'Letter' and 'epistle' have the same meaning.
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The word epistle means in letter form. most of the Epistles written in the New Testament were written by Paul.
The Epistle of James
Technically, "epistle" means a letter. The ending of a letter is usually called a "closure," which is simply a polite and accepted form of ending a letter. For example: "Sincerely yours, XYZ"
No, an epistle is a letter. Genesis is an epic.For a fuller discussion of the Book of Genesis, please visit:http://christianity.answers.com/bible/the-book-of-genesis
The thirteen epistles that are almost certainly written by Paul, in order, are: Epistle to the Romans First Epistle to the Corinthians Second Epistle to the Corinthians Epistle to the Galatians Epistle to the Ephesians Epistle to the Philippians Epistle to the Colossians First Epistle to the Thessalonians Second Epistle to the Thessalonians First Epistle to Timothy Second Epistle to Timothy Epistle to Titus Epistle to Philemon although some theologians doubt that some letters (eg Ephesians) are written by him as the style of writing is different from the others. The fourteenth letter, the Epistle to the Hebrews - is unlikely to have been written by Paul. He doesn't claim to have written it nor is the style of writing his. Pauline authorship is rejected by modern scholarship and even in the early church its authorship was debated.
The epistle to the Romans