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Epimeliad In Greek mythology, the Epimeliads or Epimelides are nymphs who are protectors of apple trees. However, the word for "apple" (μηλον) in ancient Greek texts is also the word for "sheep".
Epimenides (crater) Epimenides is a lunar crater that is located in the southwestern part of the Moon's near side, just to the east of the Hainzel crater formation. Just to the north and northeast is Lacus Timoris, a small lunar mare.
Epimer In chemistry, an epimer is a stereoisomer of another compound that has a different configuration at only one of several chiral carbon centers. Stereoisomers include enantiomers and diastereomers, both which contain a chiral carbon center (excluding geometric isomers, which is a class of diastereomers).
Epimetheus (mythology) In Greek mythology, Epimetheus ("hindsight", literally "hind-thought") was the brother of Prometheus ("foresight", literally "fore-thought"), a pair of Titans who "acted as representatives of mankind" (Kerenyi 1951, p 207). They were the inseparable sons of Iapetus, who in other contexts was the father of Atlas.
Epinard Epinard (1920-1942) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse given the French language name for spinach. The grandson of the British Triple Crown champion Rock Sand, Epinard is called a racing legend by the French racing authority, France Galop].
Epinay Congress The Epinay Congress is the third national congress of the French Socialist Party (Parti socialiste or PS), which took place on 11, 12 and 13 June 1971. On the occasion of this congress, the party was joined by the Convention of the Repulican Institutions (Convention des institutions républicaines or CIR), a rally of left-wing republican groups led by François Mitterrand, and this one took the lead of the PS.
Epione In Greek mythology, Epione was the wife of Asclepius and mother of Panacea, the goddess of medicines, Hygieia, the goddess of health. She was probably also the mother of the famous physicians Machaon and Podalirius, who are mentioned in the Illiad of Homer.
Epiousios Epiousios is a Greek word used in the fourth petition of the Lord's Prayer, as it is recorded in the Gospel of Matthew and in the Gospel of Luke. In English epiousios is usually translated as "daily", as in "Give us this day our daily bread".
Epipaleolithic The Epipaleolithic or Mesolithic was a period in the development of human technology that precedes the Neolithic period of the Stone Age. It is preferred as an alternative to Mesolithic in areas with limited glacial impact.
Epiphany (feeling) As a feeling, an epiphany is a sudden realisation or comprehension of the essence or meaning of something. The term is used in either a philosophical or literal sense to signify that the claimant has "found the last piece of the puzzle and now sees the whole picture," or has new information or experience, often insignificant by itself, that illuminates a deeper or numinous foundational frame of reference.
Epiphany (Christian) Epiphany (Greek: επιφάνεια, "the appearance; miraculous phenomenon") is a Christian feast intended to celebrate the "shining forth" or revelation of God to mankind in human form, in the person of Jesus. The observance had its origins in the eastern Christian churches, and included the birth of Jesus; the visit of the Magi, or Wise Men (traditionally named Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar) who arrived in Bethlehem; and all of Jesus' childhood events, up to his baptism in the Jordan by John the Baptist.
Epiphany Monastery The Epiphany Monastery (Bogoyavlensky monastery, Богоявленский монастырь in Russian) is the oldest male monastery in Moscow, situated in the Kitai gorod, just one block away from the Moscow Kremlin.
Epiphany season The Epiphany season, in the Roman Catholic Church, is the liturgical period which runs from the vigil of the Epiphany, January 5 until either January 13 or Septuagesima. Different texts apply different uses to the term, although they are essentially the same season.
Epiphenomenalism Epiphenomenalism is a view in philosophy of mind according to which some or all mental states are mere epiphenomena (side-effects or by-products) of physical states of the world. Thus, epiphenomenalism denies that the mind (as in its states, not its functioning or processing) has any causal influence on the body or any other part of the physical world: while mental states are caused by physical states, mental states do not have any causal influence on physical states.
Epiphyllum Epiphyllum ("upon the leaf" in Greek) is a genus of 19 species of epiphytic plants in the cactus family (Cactaceae), native to Central America. Common names for these species include orchid cacti and leaf cacti, though the latter also refers to the genus Pereskia.
Epiphyseal plate The epiphyseal plate (or epiphysial plate, or growth plate) is a cartilage plate in the long bones of children and adolescents. The longitudinal growth of these bones occurs primarily at these plates, and when they solidify at the end of adolescence, the adult height has been reached.
Epipremnum aureum Epipremnum aureum, commonly known as Pothos (once classified under the genus Pothos), Silver Vine, and Devil's Ivy is an aroid native to southeastern Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia) and New Guinea. It is sometimes mistakenly called philodendron at plant stores.
Epipyropidae Epipyropidae is a small family of insects in the Lepidoptera order. This family and the closely-related Cyclotornidae are unique among the Lepidoptera in that the larvae are ectoparasites, the hosts typically being fulgoroid planthoppers, thus the common name Planthopper Parasite Moths.
Epirus (periphery) Epirus (Greek: Ήπειρος, Ípiros), is a periphery in northwestern Greece. It borders the peripheries of West Macedonia and Thessaly to the east, Stereá Elláda (Central Greece) to the south, the Ionian Sea and the Ionian Islands to the west and Albania to the north.
Epirus (region) Epirus (Greek Ήπειρος Ípiros; Albanian: Epir) is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan peninsula in south-eastern Europe. It is divided between Greece, which possesses around 80 percent of the region, and southern Albania whose area is equivalent to the northern part of classical Epirus (see Northern Epirus).
Episcia Episcia is a genus of about 8 species belonging to the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. The species are found in the tropical regions of Central America and South America (frequently cultivated elsewhere and sometimes naturalizing in tropical regions).
Episcopal Area An Episcopal Area in the United Methodist Church is a region presided over by a Resident Bishop. Each Annual Conference is within a single Episcopal Area; some Episcopal Areas include more than one Annual Conference.
Episcopal Conference In the Roman Catholic Church, an Episcopal Conference, Conference of Bishops, or National Conference of Bishops is a conference consisting of all the bishops within a given territory. Episcopal conferences have long existed as informal entities, but were first established as formal bodies by the Second Vatican Council (Christus Dominus, 38), and implemented by Pope Paul VI's 1966 motu proprio Ecclesiae sanctae.
Episcopal Diocese of Alabama The Episcopal Diocese of Alabama is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America including most of the State of Alabama with the exception of the extreme southern region, including Mobile, which forms part of the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast.
Episcopal Diocese of California The Episcopal Diocese of California is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA) in Northern California. The founding Episcopal diocese in the state, once encompassing all of California, today the diocese comprises Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo Counties, and the cities of Los Altos and part of Palo Alto in Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut The Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, encompassing the entire state of Connecticut. It is one of the nine original Dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
Episcopal Diocese of Dallas The Episcopal Diocese of Dallas is a diocese of the Episcopal Church USA which was formed on December 20 1895 when the Missionary District of Northern Texas was granted diocesan status at the denomination's General Convention the preceding October. The Rt.
Episcopal Diocese of Delaware The Episcopal Diocese of Delaware is one of 108 Dioceses making up the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. It consists of 38 congregations or Parishes in an area the same as the State of Delaware.
Episcopal Diocese of Easton Episcopal Diocese of Easton is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America comprised of the nine counties that make up the Eastern Shore of Maryland. It is in Province III (the Middle Atlantic region) and was created as a split from the Diocese of Maryland in 1868.
Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real The Diocese of El Camino Real is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, located in northern and central California. The diocese includes the cities of San Jose (the see city), Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Luis Obispo; the diocese includes all Episcopal congregations in Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Benito, Monterey, and San Luis Obispo counties.
Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii The Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii is the ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Episcopal Church of the Anglican Communion in the United States encompassing the state of Hawaii. It is led by the Episcopal Bishop of Hawaii pastoring the Hawaiian Islands from the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew in Honolulu.
Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles is a community of 85,000 Episcopalians in 147 congregations, 39 schools, and 18 major institutions, spanning all of Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties, and part of Riverside County.
Episcopal Diocese of Maryland The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland forms part of Province III of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. It is made up of the northern and central Maryland counties of Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Harford, Howard, and Washington.
Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey The Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey forms part of Province II of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. It is made up of the southern and central New Jersey counties of Union, Middlesex, Somerset, Hunterdon, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean, Burlington, Camden, Atlantic, Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland, and Cape May.
Episcopal Diocese of New York The Episcopal Diocese of New York is in Province II of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Established in 1787, currently it consists of the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island in New York City, and the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester in the state of New York.
Episcopal Diocese of Newark The Episcopal Diocese of Newark is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America comprising the northern third of New Jersey in the United States. The Diocese represents the Anglican Communion, of which the Episcopal Church is a province, and presides over Episcopal parishes, missions, outreach ministries and schools in the New Jersey counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, Warren, and one church in Union County.
Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina The Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, founded in 1817, roughly corresponds to the segment of North Carolina between I-77 in the west and I-95 in the east, including the most populous area of the state. Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Raleigh, Cary, and Durham are the largest cities in the diocese.
Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma The Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma has been a Diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America|dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America since 1919. The diocese consists of all ECUSA congregations in the state of Oklahoma.
Episcopal Diocese of Olympia The Episcopal Diocese of Olympia, also known as the Episcopal Church in Western Washington, is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in Washington state west of the Cascade Range. Its office and cathedral seat are in Seattle, not in Olympia, the state capital, despite the name.
Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania The Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America encompassing the counties of Philadelphia, Montgomery, Bucks, Chester and Delaware in the state of Pennsylvania. It is one of the nine original Dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh, founded in 1865, is a diocese in the Episcopal Church of the United States of America. Geographically, it encompasses several counties in western Pennsylvania with the cathedral being located in downtown Pittsburgh.
Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America whose boundaries coincide with those of the state of Rhode Island. It consists of 65 parishes with more than 17,000 communicants.
Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida The Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America ranging geographically from as far south as Miami and the Florida Keys and as far north as northern Palm Beach County. The diocese is a part of Province IV of the Episcopal Church.
Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America located in the southwest area of Virginia. It is in Province III (for the Middle Atlantic region).
Episcopal Diocese of Springfield The Episcopal Diocese of Springfield is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. It is located in the state of Illinois and includes the area east of the Illinois River and south of the Counties of Woodford, Livingston, Ford, and Iroquois.
Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast The Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, part of Province 4. The diocese was created in 1970 from portions of the adjoining Diocese of Alabama and Diocese of Florida.
Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee [ The Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee is the diocese] of the [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America that covers Middle Tennessee. West Tennessee and East Tennessee, originally in The Diocese of Tennessee, formed their own Episcopal dioceses in 1982 (see links below).
Episcopal Diocese of Texas The Episcopal Diocese of Texas is one of the largest dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. The diocese consists of all ECUSA congregations in the southeastern quartile of Texas, including the cities of Austin, Beaumont, Galveston, Houston (the see city) and Waco.
Episcopal Diocese of Vermont The Episcopal Diocese of Vermont is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the state of Vermont. It was the first diocese in the Episcopal Church to elect a woman, Mary Adelia McLeod, as diocesan bishop.
Episcopal Diocese of Virginia The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America encompassing 38 counties in the northern and central parts of the state of Virginia. It is one of the nine original Dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
Episcopal Diocese of Washington The Episcopal Diocese of Washington is the ecclesiastical territory or "diocese" of the Episcopal Bishop of Washington which is comprised of the United States District of Columbia and Maryland counties of Charles, St. Mary's, Prince George's and Montgomery.
Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee The Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America that covers West Tennessee. The geographic range of the Diocese of West Tennessee was originally part of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee.
Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia The Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America encompassing all 55 counties within the state of West Virginia. The Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia was formed from the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, one of the nine original Dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, by an act of the General Convention in 1877.
Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts The Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the western part of Massachusetts. It was separated from the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts in 1901.
Episcopal Divinity School Episcopal Divinity School, or EDS, is an Episcopal seminary in Cambridge, Massachusetts, offering Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Theological Studies, and Doctor of Ministry degrees. It was founded in 1974 by the union of the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge with the Philadelphia Divinity School.
Episcopal Eastern Diocese The Eastern Diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America was an unusual organization that combined the territories of the states of Massachusetts (including Maine), Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Vermont under the supervision of a single bishop. It was organized in 1811 at a convention called under the influence of the church in Massachusetts.
Episcopal Gloves Liturgical gloves (chirothecœ, called also at an earlier date manicœ, wanti) are a liturgical adornment normally reserved in the Roman Catholic Church for bishops and cardinals. Other ecclesiastics, including abbots, cannot use them without a special papal privilege.
Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East The Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East is a province of the Anglican Communion stretching from Iran in the east to Algeria in the west, and Cyprus in the north to Somalia in the south. It is the largest and the most diverse Anglican province.
Episcopal Church of Our Saviour, Placerville The Episcopal Church of Our Saviour is a parish located in El Dorado County, in the State of California, in the United States of America, and is incorporated into the Ninth Province of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. It was originally organized by the Rev.
Episcopal Missionary Church The Episcopal Missionary Church (EMC)is a Continuing Anglican church body in the United States. Its founding in the early 1990s can be traced to the protests of members of The Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA) who were concerned that their church had become massively influenced by secular humanism.
Episcopal polity Episcopal polity is a form of church governance which is hierarchical in structure with the chief authority over a local Christian church resting in a bishop (Greek: episcopos). This episcopal structure is found most often in the various churches of either Orthodox or Catholic lineage.
Episcopal see An Episcopal See is the office of the chief bishop of a particular Church. See comes from the Latin word sedes, meaning seat, which refers to the episcopal throne (cathedra) located in the bishop's church (cathedral) in which the bishop sits as the principal symbol of his office.
Episcopal Theological School at Claremont The Episcopal Theological School at Claremont, sometimes known as Bloy House, is located on the campus of the Claremont School of Theology. It serves the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, training Episcopalians and others throughout Southern California for both lay and ordained ministry.
Episcopal Youth Community Episcopal Youth Community, used more often as the abbreviation EYC, is the usual name given to youth groups in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Their scope tends to include 6th through 12th grades, sometimes split into Junior and Senior EYC groups.
Episcopi vagantes Episcopi vagantes (Episcopus vagans, singular) (Latin for "wandering bishops") are persons who have been consecrated as bishops in a Christian church in some irregular fashion, especially those claiming to have valid Roman Catholic orders although their consecrations were not authorized by the Roman Catholic Church. The Catholic Church generally considers at least some such consecrations valid but illicit, following the principle of "once a bishop, always a bishop.
Episiotomy An episiotomy is a surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth. The incision can be midline or at an angle from the posterior end of the vulva, is performed under local anaesthetic and is sutured closed after delivery.
Episkopi Bay Episkopi Bay (Greek: Κόλπος Επισκοπής, Kolpos Episkopis; Turkish: Piskobu Körfezi) is a part of the Mediterranean Sea on the south-western shore of the island of Cyprus, located between the cities of Paphos and Limassol in the Limassol District. It is famous for its beach and fish restaurants.
Episkopon Episkopon (sometimes spelled "Episcopon" earlier in its history) is a controversial secret society at Trinity College in the University of Toronto that was founded in 1858. The society presents three "Readings" each academic year that are intended to portray the follies of the college's undergraduates in a humorous light.
Episode 19 Episode 19 is the title of the upcoming sophomore album by Phoenix Hip Hop collective The Society of Invisibles, scheduled for release in 2007. The album will be produced by the group's in-house production team The Dead Beats, with vocals provided by Facecrushers Inc.
Episode filesystem Episode is a POSIX compliant file system most commonly known for its use in DCE/DFS file servers. It was designed to achieve the goals of portability, scaling, and to make more efficient use of available system bandwidth.
Episodes and levels of Doom The computer game Doom consists of 36 levels in four nine-level episodes: Knee-Deep in the Dead, The Shores of Hell, Inferno and Thy Flesh Consumed (Thy Flesh Consumed was added in the upgrade Ultimate Doom). Levels 1-7 in each episode are regular levels, while number 8 is a boss battle; the ninth is a secret level that can be accessed from within one of the first seven.
Episodic Ataxia Episodic ataxia (EA) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by sporadic bouts of ataxia (severe discoordination) with or without myokymia (continuous muscle movement). Ataxia can be provoked by stress, startle, or heavy exertion such as exercise.
Episodic games Episodic gaming refers to a distribution system of selling computer and video games in a sequence of episodes, akin to a serialized novel, where each episode is sold as a separate purchase and in the end together form a continuous story or experience. Episodic games have become increasingly popular of late with the advent of low cost digital distribution methods.
Epispadias An epispadias is a rare type of malformation of the penis in which the urethra ends in an opening on the upper aspect (the dorsum) of the penis. An epispadias is an uncommon and partial form of a spectrum of failures of abdominal and pelvic fusion in the first months of embryogenesis.
Epistasis Epistasis takes place when the action of one gene is modified by one or more others that assort independently. (The two genes may be quite tightly linked, but their effects must reside at different loci in the genome).
Epistemic advantage Epistemic Advantage is a term used within feminist theory when attempting to acquire knowledge from the individual lives and experiences of different women. The term is used to describe the ways in which women, and other minority groups, are able to have a much clearer understanding of how the power structure works within a given society because they are not members of the dominant group.
Epistemic community An epistemic community may consist of those who accept one version of a story, or one version of validating a story. Michel Foucault referred more elaborately to mathesis as a rigorous episteme suitable for enabling cohesion of a discourse and thus uniting a community of its followers.
Epistemic logic Epistemic logic is a subfield of modal logic that is concerned with reasoning about knowledge. While epistemology has a long philosophical tradition dating back to Ancient Greece, epistemic logic is a much more recent development with applications in many fields, including philosophy, theoretical computer science, artificial intelligence, economics and linguistics.
Epistemic minimalism Epistemic minimalism is the epistemological thesis that mere true belief is sufficient for knowledge. That is, the meaning of "Smith knows that it rained today" is accurately and completely analyzed by these two conditions:
Epistemic modality Epistemic modality is a sub-type of linguistic modality that deals with a speaker's evaluation/judgment of, degree of confidence in, or belief of the knowledge upon which a proposition is based. In other words, epistemic modality refers to the way speakers communicate their doubts, certainties, and guesses — their "modes of knowing".
Epistemic Merit Model The Epistemic merit model is a method for understanding propaganda conceived by Sheryl Tuttle Ross and detailed in her 2002 article for the Journal of Aesthetic Education entitled "Understanding Propaganda: The Epistemic Merit Model and Its Application to Art".
Epistemic possibility In philosophy and modal logic, epistemic possibility relates a statement under consideration to the current state of our knowledge about the actual world: a statement is said to be epistemically possible if it may be true, for all we know, epistemically necessary if it is certain (or must be the case, given what we know), and epistemically impossible if it cannot be true, given what we know. Epistemic possibility is often contrasted with subjunctive possibility (or alethic possibility), and it is important to note that although epistemic and subjunctive possibilities are often expressed using the same modal terms (such as possibly, could be, must be) or similar modal terms that are sometimes confused (such as may be and might be), statements that are qualified in terms of epistemic possibility and statements that are qualified in terms of subjunctive possibility have importantly different meanings.
Epistemic virtue The epistemic virtues, as identified by virtue epistemologists, reflect their contention that belief is an ethical process, and thus susceptible to the intellectual virtue or vice of one's thought life. Epistemology is the branch of philosophy concerned with the question "How do we know?
Epistemology Epistemology or theory of knowledge is the branch of Western philosophy that studies the nature and scope of knowledge and belief. The term "epistemology" is based on the Greek words " or episteme" (knowledge) and "λόγος or logos" (account/explanation); it is thought to have been coined by the Scottish philosopher James Frederick Ferrier.
Epistle An epistle (Greek επιστολη, epistolē, "letter") is a writing directed or sent to a person or group of persons, usually a letter and a very formal, often didactic and elegant one. The letters in the New Testament from Apostles to Christians are usually referred to as epistles; those traditionally from Paul are known as Pauline epistles and the others as catholic or general epistles.
Epistle of Barnabas The Epistle of Barnabas is a Greek treatise with some features of an epistle containing twenty-one chapters, preserved complete in the 4th century Codex Sinaiticus where it appears at the end of the New Testament. It is traditionally ascribed to the Barnabas who is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles, though some ascribe it to another apostolic father of the same name, a "Barnabas of Alexandria," or simply attribute it to an unknown early Christian teacher.
Epistle to Diognetus The Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus is probably the earliest example of Christian apologetics, writings defending Christianity from its accusers. The Greek writer and recipient are not otherwise known, but the language and other textual evidence dates the work to the late 2nd century; some assume an even earlier date and count it among the Apostolic Fathers.
Epistle to the Easterns The Epistle to the Easterns is an apostolic letter sent by Pope Pius IX in 1848 to the bishops and clergy of the Orthodox Churches not in full Communion with the Pope, urging them to resume such Communion with the Catholic Church.
Epistle to the Laodiceans An Epistle to the Laodiceans, consisting of 20 short lines, is found in some editions of the Vulgate, known only in Latin, purporting to be the epistle of Paul to the Laodicean Church mentioned in the Epistle to the Colossians. It is almost unanimously believed to be pseudepigraphical, being a pastiche of phrases taken from the genuine Pauline epistles.
Epistle to the Son of the Wolf The Epistle to the Son of the Wolf is the last major work of Bahá'u'lláh, founder of the Bahá'í Faith, before his death in 1892. It is a letter written to a Muslim cleric, a violent opponent of the Bahá'ís who, along with his father (called by Bahá'u'lláh "the wolf"), also a Muslim cleric, had put to death a number of Bahá'ís.
Epistles The word "epistle" is from the Greek word epistolos which means a written "letter" addressed to a recipient or recipients, perhaps part of exchanged correspondence. Today in common usage this somewhat elevated term usually connotes a specific group of books in the New Testament that either were letters or were written in that literary form, although "epistle" can refer to other written missives as well, such as a bishop's open letter to the congregants of his see.
Epistles (Plato) The Epistles of Plato are a series of thirteen letters traditionally included in the Platonic corpus. Their authenticity has been the subject of some dispute, and scholarly consensus has shifted back and forth over time.
Epistles of Clement The Epistles of Clement often referred to as 1 Clement and 2 Clement are two letters, not a pair, addressed to the Christians in the city of Corinth from the late first or early second century. They were not accepted in the canonical New Testament, but they are part of the Apostolic Fathers collection.
Epistles of Manushchihr When High-Priest of Sirjan (near Kerman in center of Iran), Zad-Sparam told certain new precept about purification in Zoroastrianism, the unsatisfied People of Sirjan complained to his older brother, Manuschchihr, who was High-Priest of Kerman about new precepts.
Epistula Apostolorum The Epistula Apostolorum (Latin for Letter of the Apostles) is a work from the New Testament apocrypha. Though the content was thought to be lost by the majority of the academic community, it transpired that the text was used regularly amongst the previously somewhat secretive Coptic Church of Ethiopia.
Epistulae morales ad Lucilium The Epistulae morales ad Lucilium is a bundle of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger. These letters all start with the phrase "Seneca suo Lucilio salutem" (Seneca greets his Lucilius) and end with the word "Vale" (Farewell).
Epitaph An epitaph ( literally: "on the gravestone" in ancient Greek) is text honoring the deceased, most commonly inscribed on a tombstone or plaque. Traditionally an epitaph is in verse, but there are exceptions.
Epitaph (Mingus) Epitaph is the master work of jazz musician Charles Mingus. It is a composition which is more than 4000 measures long, requires two hours to perform and was only completely discovered during the cataloguing process after his death.
Epitaph for George Dillon Epitaph for George Dillon is an early John Osborne play, one of two he wrote in collaboration with Anthony Creighton (the other is Personal Enemy). It was written before Look Back in Anger, the play which made Osborne’s career, but opened a year after in Oxford in 1957 and moved to London’s Royal Court theatre, where Look Back in Anger had debuted on May 8 1956.
Epitaph of Twilight The Epitaph of Twilight, sometimes the Epitaph of the Twilight, is an epic poem that plays a significant role in the story of the .hack multimedia franchise, and was written by the fictional character Emma Wielant.

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