Noun

(en noun)

A letter, or a literary composition in the form of a letter.

* 1748 — (David Hume), , Section III, § 5.

he may be hurried from this plan by the vehemence of thought, as in an ode, or drop it carlessly, as in an epistle or essay

(Christianity) One of the letters included as a book of the New Testament.

* 1956 — Werner Keller (translated by William Neil), The Bible as History , revised English edition, Chapter 41, page 358

Even last century scholars had begun to search for the cities in Asia Minor whose names have become so familiar to the Chistian world through the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistles of St. Paul.

Noun

(en noun)

A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.

* Bible, Judges iii. 20

I have a message from God unto thee.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.}}

An underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message : America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}