English > evangel: 1 sense > noun 1, communication| Meaning | 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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| Synonyms | Gospel, Gospels |
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| Instances | John, Gospel According to John | The last of the four Gospels in the New Testament |
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| Luke, Gospel of Luke, Gospel According to Luke | One of the four Gospels in the New Testament |
| Mark, Gospel According to Mark | The shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament |
| Matthew, Gospel According to Matthew | One of the Gospels in the New Testament |
| Part of | New Testament | The collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation |
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| Parts | Synoptic Gospels, Synoptics | The first three Gospels which describe events in Christ's life from a similar point of view |
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| Narrower | Word of God | The message of the Gospel of Christ |
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| Broader | sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text | writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity |
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| Spanish | evangelio |
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| Catalan | evangeli |
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| Adjectives | evangelical | of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament |
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| evangelical | relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels |
