Official and advisory letters and rule books of the churches, including the encyclical, the papal rescript, the pastoral letter, the Quaker epistle and the Quaker book of discipline. A genre belongs here when its cited article describes a letter, ruling or book issued by church authority to guide members. The group sits within the Religious and Devotional Writing subcategory of the genre roster and gathers the genres of this kind that the atlas already records, so that a reader can browse related genres together and compare how each one is defined.
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Encyclical - Wikipedia
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An encyclical is primarily associated with papal encyclicals in the Catholic Church, letters outlining the church's perspective on a topic.
Papal rescripts - Wikipedia
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Papal rescripts are responses of the pope or a Congregation of the Roman Curia, in writing, to queries or petitions of individuals.
Pastoral letter (Wikipedia)
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A pastoral letter, often simply called a pastoral, is an open letter addressed by a bishop to the clergy or laity of a diocese or to both, containing general admonition, instruction or consolation, or directions for behaviour in particular circumstances.
Epistle (Quaker) - Wikipedia
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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.
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