Epistle (Quaker) Explained

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". Epistles continue to be sent by Yearly Meetings in session to all other Yearly Meetings.^{[1] [2] [3]}

See also

• Book of Discipline (Quaker)

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) . 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: links to Britain Yearly Meeting Epistle sent in 2012 (.pdf) . 2012-08-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050529/http://www.quaker.org.uk/sites/default/files/2012-BYM-Epistle-final.pdf . 2016-03-04 . dead .
2. http://www.quaker.org.uk/files/ymg-2009-epistles-and-testimonies.pdf Epistles received by Britain Yearly Meeting from other Yearly Meetings, printed as part of Documents in Advance of Yearly Meeting 2009
3. http://quakerepistles.wordpress.com/about/ Blog of Epistles