"evangel" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing - writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity

subtypes: word of god - the message of the Gospel of Christ
specific instances:
- gospel according to matthew, matthew - one of the Gospels in the New Testament; includes the Sermon on the Mount
- gospel according to mark, mark - the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament
- gospel according to luke, gospel of luke, luke - one of the four Gospels in the New Testament; contains details of Jesus's birth and early life
- gospel according to john, john - the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament
has: synoptic gospels, synoptics - the first three Gospels which describe events in Christ's life from a similar point of view

is a part of: new testament - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible

same as: gospel, gospels