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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 898 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

PASTORAL See also:
LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)
LETTER , an open letter addressed by a See also:

bishop to the See also:

clergy or laity of his See also:

DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese, or to both, containing either See also:

general admonition, instruction or See also:

CONSOLATION (Fr. consolation, Lat. consolatio, from consolari, to assuage, comfort, console)

consolation, or directions for behaviour in particular circumstances. In the See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

Church such letters are also sent out regularly at particular ecclesiastical seasons, particularly at the beginning of fasts. In the non-episcopal See also:

PROTESTANT

Protestant churches the name "pastoral letter " is given to any open letter addressed by a pastor to his See also:

CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

congregation, but more especially to that customarily issued at certain seasons, e.g. by the See also:

MODERATOR (from Lat. moderare, to impose a modus, limit)

moderator of a Presbyterian See also:

ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly or the chairman of a Congregational or Baptist See also:

union.

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