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e·van·gel·i·cal

[ee-van-jel-i-kuh

l, ev-uh

n-] Pronunciation Key

–adjective

1.	Also, e·van·gel·ic. pertaining to or in keeping with the gospel and its teachings.

belonging to or designating the Christian churches that emphasize the teachings and authority of the Scriptures, esp. of the New Testament, in opposition to the institutional authority of the church itself, and that stress as paramount the tenet that salvation is achieved by personal conversion to faith in the atonement of Christ.

3.	designating Christians, esp. of the late 1970s, eschewing the designation of fundamentalist but holding to a conservative interpretation of the Bible.

4.	pertaining to certain movements in the Protestant churches in the 18th and 19th centuries that stressed the importance of personal experience of guilt for sin, and of reconciliation to God through Christ.

5.	marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause.

–noun

6.	an adherent of evangelical doctrines or a person who belongs to an evangelical church or party.

[Origin: 1525–35; < LL evangelicus (< LGk euangelikós; see evangel¹, -ic) + -al¹

]

—Related forms

e·van·gel·i·cal·ly, adverb

e·van·gel·i·cal·ness, e·van·gel·i·cal·i·ty, noun

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e·van·gel·i·cal (ē'vān-jěl'ĭ-kəl, ěv'ən-) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Of, relating to, or in accordance with the Christian gospel, especially one of the four gospel books of the New Testament.
Evangelical Of, relating to, or being a Protestant church that founds its teaching on the gospel.
Evangelical Of, relating to, or being a Christian church believing in the sole authority and inerrancy of the Bible, in salvation only through regeneration, and in a spiritually transformed personal life.
Evangelical
1. Of or relating to the Lutheran churches in Germany and Switzerland.
2. Of or relating to all Protestant churches in Germany.
Of or relating to the group in the Church of England that stresses personal conversion and salvation by faith.
Characterized by ardent or crusading enthusiasm; zealous: an evangelical liberal.

n. Evangelical A member of an evangelical church or party.

e'van·gel'i·cal·ly adv.

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evangelical
adjective
1.	relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels; "evangelical Christianity"; "an ultraconservative evangelical message"
2.	of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament
3.	marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
evangelical

A member of any of various Christian churches that believes in the sole authority of the literal Bible, a salvation only through regeneration, or rebirth, and a spiritually transformed personal life.

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Evangelical

E`van*gel"ic*al\, a. 1. Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as, the evangelical history.

2. Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in, the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as, evangelical religion.

3. Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; pre["e]minetly orthodox; -- technically applied to that party in the Church of England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which holds the doctrine of "Justification by Faith alone"; the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other religion bodies not regarded as orthodox.

Evangelical Alliance, an alliance for mutual strengthening and common work, comprising Christians of different denominations and countries, organized in Liverpool, England, in 1845.

Evangelical Church. (a) The Protestant Church in Germany. (b) A church founded by a fusion of Lutherans and Calvinists in Germany in 1817.

Evangelical Union, a religion sect founded in Scotland in 1843 by the Rev. James Morison; -- called also Morisonians.

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Evangelical

E`van*gel"ic*al\, n. One of evangelical principles.

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