The New Testament
New Testament
The New Testament Books
The New Testament Letters
The word Aepistole is a Greek word that means Aa written message.
From the word Aepistole comes the word Aepistolary which is used top describe this specific form of literature.
This where we get the term Aepistle@ from, which refers to the letters in the NT.
With a slight grammatical change, Paul transforms his letters into Christian terms:
He changes the usual Ajoy(chara in Greek) and Apeace@ (eirene in Greek) to Agrace (charis in Greek) and Apeace@.
20th Century Letters
Contemporary
Location / Date
Name of the recipient
Greetings
Body
Salutation
Name of sender
1st Century Letters
(Ancient)
Name of the sender
Name of recipient
Greeting
Prayer of blessing / thanks giving
Body
Salutation
Let us observe how some of the other New Testament letters meet the above criteria.