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GospelGospel Gos"pel, n. [OE. gospel, godspel, AS. godspell; god God
+ spell story, tale. See God, and Spell, v.]
1. Glad tidings; especially, the good news concerning Christ,
the Kingdom of God, and salvation.
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their
synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom.
--Matt. iv.
23.
The steadfast belief of the promises of the gospel.
--Bentley.
Note: It is probable that gospel is from. OE. godspel, God
story, the narrative concerning God; but it was early
confused with god spell, good story, good tidings, and
was so used by the translators of the Authorized
version of Scripture. This use has been retained in
most cases in the Revised Version.
Thus the literal sense [of gospel] is the
``narrative of God,' i. e., the life of Christ.
--Skeat.
2. One of the four narratives of the life and death of Jesus
Christ, written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
3. A selection from one of the gospels, for use in a
religious service; as, the gospel for the day.
4. Any system of religious doctrine; sometimes, any system of
political doctrine or social philosophy; as, this
political gospel. --Burke.
5. Anything propounded or accepted as infallibly true; as,
they took his words for gospel. [Colloq.]
If any one thinks this expression hyperbolical, I
shall only ask him to read [OE]dipus, instead of
taking the traditional witticisms about Lee for
gospel. --Saintsbury. Gospel
Gospel Gos"pel, a.
Accordant with, or relating to, the gospel; evangelical; as,
gospel righteousness. --Bp. Warburton.
Gospel
Gospel Gos"pel, v. t.
To instruct in the gospel. [Obs.] --Shak.
Meaning of Gospels from wikipedia
- as
remembered by his followers, and
understanding the
Gospels themselves. The
canonical gospels are the four
which appear in the New
Testament of the...
- The
gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are
referred to as the
synoptic Gospels because they
include many of the same stories,
often in a
similar sequence...
- The
Lindisfarne Gospels (London,
British Library Cotton MS Nero D.IV) is an
illuminated m****cript
gospel book
probably produced around the
years 715–720...
- was written.
Gospels are a
genre of
ancient biography in
early Christian literature. The New
Testament includes four
canonical gospels, (Matthew, Mark...
- The
Lichfield Gospels (also
known as the St Chad
Gospels, the Book of Chad, the
Llandeilo Gospels, the St
Teilo Gospels and
variations of these) is an...
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gospels survive today, but
attempts have been made to
reconstruct them from
references in the
Church Fathers. The
reconstructed texts of the
gospels are...
- historically.
Accounts of Jesus's life are
contained in the
Gospels,
especially the four
canonical Gospels in the New Testament.
Academic research has yielded...
-
equals Gospel)
spoken of by the Qur'an is not the New Testament. It is not the four
Gospels now
received as canonical. It is the
single Gospel which,...
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historical reliability of the
Gospels is
evaluated by
experts who have not
reached complete consensus.
While all four
canonical gospels contain some
sayings and...
- the
Gospel of Mark and a
hypothetical Q do****ent to
write their individual gospel accounts.
These three gospels are
called the
Synoptic Gospels, because...
