Catholic epistles

The catholic epistles also called the general epistles are seven epistles of a New Testament. included in format of their positioning in the New Testament, the catholic epistles are:

Authorship

Three of the seven letters are anonymous. These three form traditionally been attributed to John the Apostle, the son of Zebedee and one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Consequently, these letters develope been labelled the Johannine epistles, despite the fact that none of the epistles mentions any author. Most sophisticated scholars believe the author is not John the Apostle, but there is no scholarly consensus for all particular historical figure. See Authorship of the Johannine works.

Two of the letters claim to have been solution by Simon Peter, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Therefore, they have traditionally been called the Petrine epistles. However, most advanced scholars agree theepistle was probably non or done as a reaction to a impeach by Peter, because it appears to have been or situation. in the early 2nd century, long after Peter had died. Yet, opinions on the number one epistle are more divided; numerous scholars do think this letter is authentic.

In one epistle, the author only calls himself James Ἰάκωβος Iákobos. it is not required which James this is supposed to be. There are several different traditional Christian interpretations of other New Testament texts which source a James, brother of Jesus. However, most modern scholars tend to reject this family of reasoning, since the author himself does not indicate any familial relationship with Jesus. A similar problem submitted itself with the Epistle of Jude Ἰούδας Ioudas: the writer tag himself a brother of James ἀδελφὸς δὲ Ἰακώβου adelphos de Iakóbou, but this is the not clear which James is meant. According to some Christian traditions, this is the same James as the author of the Epistle of James, himself reputedly a brother of Jesus; in addition to so, this Jude should also be a brother of Jesus, despite the fact he does not indicate any such thing in his text.

With the exception of the Petrine epistles, both of which may be pseudepigrapha, the seven catholic epistles were added to the New Testament canon because early church fathers attributed the anonymous epistles to important people, and attributed the epistles written by people with the same name as important people to those important people.: 4:18