[gos-puh
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| 1. | the teachings of Jesus and the apostles; the Christian revelation. |
| 2. | the story of Christ's life and teachings, esp. as contained in the first four books of the New Testament, namely Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. |
| 3. | (usually initial capital letter) any of these four books. |
| 4. | something regarded as true and implicitly believed: to take his report for gospel. |
| 5. | a doctrine regarded as of prime importance: political gospel. |
| 6. | glad tidings, esp. concerning salvation and the kingdom of God as announced to the world by Christ. |
| 7. | (often initial capital letter) Ecclesiastical. an extract from one of the four Gospels, forming part of the Eucharistic service in certain churches. |
| 8. | gospel music. |
| 9. | of, pertaining to, or proclaiming the gospel or its teachings: a gospel preacher. |
| 10. | in accordance with the gospel; evangelical. |
| 11. | of or pertaining to gospel music: a gospel singer. |
| a now popularized form of impassioned rhythmic spiritual music rooted in the solo and responsive church singing of rural blacks in the American South, central to the development of rhythm and blues and of soul music. |
| gos·pel (gŏs'pəl) n.
[Middle English, from Old English gōdspel (ultimately translation of Greek euangelion) : gōd, good; see good + spel, news.] |
The “good news” of salvation (see Gospels). Certain styles of religious music are also called “gospel.” (See spirituals.)
Intense, joyful music that is associated with evangelists (see evangelical) in the South, especially among African-Americans. Gospel had a strong influence on many rock 'n' roll singers. Well-known gospel artists include Mahalia Jackson and the Dixie Hummingbirds.
gospel (truth)
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Gospel
a word of Anglo-Saxon origin, and meaning "God's spell", i.e., word of God, or rather, according to others, "good spell", i.e., good news. It is the rendering of the Greek _evangelion_, i.e., "good message." It denotes (1) "the welcome intelligence of salvation to man as preached by our Lord and his followers. (2.) It was afterwards transitively applied to each of the four histories of our Lord's life, published by those who are therefore called 'Evangelists', writers of the history of the gospel (the evangelion). (3.) The term is often used to express collectively the gospel doctrines; and 'preaching the gospel' is often used to include not only the proclaiming of the good tidings, but the teaching men how to avail themselves of the offer of salvation, the declaring of all the truths, precepts, promises, and threatenings of Christianity." It is termed "the gospel of the grace of God" (Acts 20:24), "the gospel of the kingdom" (Matt. 4:23), "the gospel of Christ" (Rom. 1:16), "the gospel of peace (Eph. 6:15), "the glorious gospel," "the everlasting gospel," "the gospel of salvation" (Eph. 1:13).