Because unlike the epistles addressed to specific audiences (the Galatians, the Philippians, etc. ) these are Catholic, for the whole Church.
Catholic AnswerThe Catholic Epistles are those epistles of St. James, St. Jude, St. Peter, and St. John. They are so called because they are addressed to everyone, and not to a particular person or church as the epistles of St. Paul were. Two of St. John's Epistles were addressed to a particular person, but they are always grouped together and thus are label "Catholic Epistles" with his other Epistle.
It is Phi lemon .
Roman Catholic AnswerThe second reading usually comes from the Epistles, or from Revelation.
Epistles.
They were called letters.
If you're referring to St. Paul's letters in the New Testament, they are called epistles.
Letters or epistles.
They are called epistles.
These letters are referred to as the Epistles.
A letter is generally regarded as a communication of a private, personal, confidential nature whereas an epistle is of a general nature, addressed to all whom it may concern, and intended to be made public. This distinction may be retained for the Bible, although quite a number of the New Testament Epistles contain those intimate touches which are proper to a letter. On the other hand since the letters are a part of divine revelation they are now of interest to all men. The Epistles are the twenty-one books of the New Testament written in the form of letters to churches or individuals. The fourteen Epistles of St. Paul are called after the group or person to whom they were addressed. The remaining seven are called by the name of the author. They are called "Catholic" because they were intended for the Church at large, although the second and third Epistles of St. John are addressed to individuals.
The pseudo-Pauline Epistles, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy and Titus are referred to as the "pastoral epistles" because they show concern for pastoral issues that were being dealt with in the early second century.
Every day of the week! At every Mass readings from the Epistles and Gospels is read.