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Encyclopedia Britannica



PASTORAL LETTER

This article appears in Volume V20, Page 898 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PAS-PER
PASTORAL LETTER , an open
letter
  addressed by a
bishop
  to the clergy or laity of his diocese, or to both, containing either general admonition, instruction or
consolation
 , or directions for behaviour in particular circumstances. In the Catholic Church such letters are also sent out regularly at particular ecclesiastical seasons, particularly at the beginning of fasts. In the non-episcopal
Protestant
  churches the name "
pastoral
 
letter
  " is given to any open letter addressed by a pastor to his
congregation
 , but more especially to that customarily issued at certain seasons, e.g. by the
moderator
  of a Presbyterian assembly or the chairman of a Congregational or Baptist
union
 .


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