Should Epistles Be Capitalized?

Should Epistles Be Capitalized?

In keeping with standard English-language practices, we capitalize proper nouns (e.g., Catholic Epistles

Catholic Epistles
General epistles (also called Catholic Epistles) are books in the New Testament in the form of letters. The letters attributed to Paul are not included. Paul's letters are named for the church or person addressed. The General Epistles are named for their author instead of the church or person to whom they were written.
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Do you capitalize Epistles?

Books of the Bible

The words “gospel” and “epistle” are usually capitalized, but in a work that references these two words with some frequency, they may be treated alike, lowercased of capitalized. Some examples, Exodus; the book of Exodus.

Do you capitalize book of Genesis?

You should also always capitalize related terms such as the Gospels, the Gospel of John, the Holy Scriptures, etc. All individual books of the Bible such as Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, etc., should also be capitalized but never abbreviated. ... Correct: The Book of Genesis is the first book of the Bible.

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