!!!Hirtenbriefe Pastoral Letters, form of episcopal instruction modelled on the Epistles and the postapostolic letters to the parishes, also take the form of the statement of opinion of a superior (a bishop or the Bishops, Conference of (Austrian)) on topical issues. !Publications Hirtenbriefe aus Deutschland, Oesterreich und der Schweiz, ed. by the Institut fuer kirchliche Zetigeschichte Salzburg, 1965ff. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Hirtenbriefe|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]