GOSPEL

Gospel

A gospel is an account describing the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. The most widely known examples are the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, but the term is also used to refer to apocryphal gospels, non-canonical gospels, Jewish-Christian gospels, and gnostic gospels.

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gospel

Noun

  1. The first section of the Christian New Testament scripture, comprising the books of , , and , concerned with the life, death, resurrection, and teachings of Jesus.
  2. An account of the life, death, resurrection, and teachings of Jesus, generally written during the first several centuries of the Common Era.
  3. A message expected to have positive reception or effect.
  4. the teaching of Divine grace as distinguished from the Law or Divine commandments
  5. gospel music
  6. That which is absolutely authoritative .

Verb

  1. To instruct in the gospel.


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