Look up: Gospel

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   gospel
   [n] - a genre of a capella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response 2. [n] - an unquestionable truth 3. [n] - four books in the New Testament that tell the story of Christ`s life and teachings 4. [n] - a doctrine that is believed to be of great importance
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   Gospel
   In the New Testament generally, the message of Christian salvation; in particular the four written accounts of the life of Jesus in the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Although the first...
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   Gospel
   Gos'pel noun [ Middle English gospel , godspel , Anglo-Saxon 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
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   Gospel
   Gos'pel adjective Accordant with, or relating to, the gospel; evangelical; as, gospel righteousness. Bp. Warburton.
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   Gospel
   Gos'pel transitive verb To instruct in the gospel. [ Obsolete] Shak.
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   Gospel
   Gospels noun the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ`s life and teachings
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   gospel
   noun a doctrine that is believed to be of great importance; `Newton`s writings were gospel for those who followed`
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   gospel
   noun folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul)
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   gospel
   noun an unquestionable truth; `his word was gospel`
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    Gospel
    In Christianity, a `gospel` (from Old English, `good news`) is generally one of four canonical books of the New Testament that describe the miraculous birth, life, ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus. These books are the Gospels according to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, written between 65 and 100 AD.Harris, Stephen L., Understanding the Bible. Palo Alto: Mayfield. 1985. Many modern scholars argue that the sequence in which the Gosp...
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    Gospel
    • (a.) Accordant with, or relating to, the gospel; evangelical; as, gospel righteousness. • (v.) A selection from one of the gospels, for use in a religious service; as, the gospel for the day. • (v.) Anything propounded or accepted as infallibly true; as, they took his words for gospel. • (v.) Any system of religious doctrine; ...
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    Gospel
    (from the article `biblical literature`) From the late 40s and until his martyrdom in the 60s, Paul wrote letters to the churches that he founded or guided. These are the earliest Christian ... Well before modern theologians considered the meaning of faith, Christian thinkers, beginning with Paul and the Evangelists, sought to explain ...
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    (from the article `biblical literature`) A few papyrus fragments come from gospels not known by name (e.g., Egerton Papyrus 2, Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 840, Strasbourg Papyrus 5–6). There are ...
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    Gospel
    any of four biblical narratives covering the life and death of Jesus Christ. Written, according to tradition, respectively by Matthew, Mark, Luke, ... [14 related articles]
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    Gospel
    Gospel [M.E.,=good news; evangel from Gr.,= good news], a written account of the life of Jesus. Though the Gospels of the New Testament are all anonymous, since the 2d cent. they have been named Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The first three are called Synoptic Gospels because they agree in much of ...
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