Английская Википедия:Epistle (Quaker)
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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".Шаблон:Efn Epistles continue to be sent by Yearly Meetings in session to all other Yearly Meetings.[1][2][3]
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Further reading
- "To Friends everywhere" : reflections on the epistle in the life of London Yearly Meeting" by Edward H. Milligan. - In: The Friends' quarterly ; Vol.22 ; no.11 (July 1982 ) p. 724-736.
- "Epistles in context: London Yearly Meeting in the nineteenth century" by Peggy Heeks - In Friends quarterly; Vol. 40; No. 3 (August 2012) pp. 12–23.
- "Written epistles of London Yearly Meeting in the eighteenth century" by David J. Hall in A Quaker miscellany for Edward H. Milligan, edited by David Blamires, Jeremy Greenwood and Alex Kerr, published by David Blamires (1985) Шаблон:ISBN. pp. 91 – 99.
External links
- Epistles from Yearly Meetings of Friends around the world, 2012 to present
- Epistles in English from Yearly Meetings in the Americas
- Epistles in Spanish from Yearly Meetings in the Americas/Epístolas de las Juntas Anuales
