Assertion: epistle | /r/HasProperty | encyclical
Facets:
value: scarcely
type: DEGREE
value: besides
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Verse 16 of chapter iv of Colossians does not seem to allude to the letter to the Ephisians, which would need to have been written first; besides, the Epistle here mentioned is scarcely an encyclical, the context leading us to look upon it as a special letter of the same nature as that sent to the Colossians.
text: On the other hand the Epistle to the Hebrews is encyclical, and ought to be numbered with the Catholic Epistles, but is usually appended to those of Paul.