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Definition of Epistle to the philippians
1. Noun. A New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to the church at Philippi in Macedonia.
Generic synonyms: Epistle
Group relationships: New Testament
Lexicographical Neighbors of Epistle To The Philippians
Literary usage of Epistle to the philippians
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In fact (a) the Christology of the Epistle to the Philippians, which portrays
... There is not the shadow of a doubt that the Epistle to the Philippians was ..."
2. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1825)
"ON THE epistle to the philippians. I. Account of the church at Philippi. — II.
Date. — HI. ... The more immediate occasion of die Epistle to the Philippians ..."
3. Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament by John Wesley (1850)
"PAUL'S epistle to the philippians. PHILIPPI was so called from Philip, king of
Macedonia, who much enlarged and beautified it. Afterward it became a Roman ..."
4. Introduction to the New Testament by Theodor Zahn (1909)
"THE GENUINENESS OF THE epistle to the philippians. One would suppose that the
inimitable freshness of feeling betrayed in every line of this letter, ..."
5. An Introduction to the New Testament by Marcus Dods (1888)
"8, 9. The epistle is also included as Pauline in the Canons of the second century.
epistle to the philippians. ..."
6. An Introduction to the New Testament by Adolf Jülicher (1904)
"The Epistle to the Philippians is written with unusual warmth, in a tone almost
of familiarity, and with a certain lack of form. In it Paul opens his heart ..."
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