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Definition of Gospels
1. Noun. The four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings.
Generic synonyms: Religious Text, Religious Writing, Sacred Text, Sacred Writing
Specialized synonyms: Gospel According To Matthew, Matthew, Gospel According To Mark, Mark, Gospel According To Luke, Gospel Of Luke, Luke, Gospel According To John, John
Group relationships: New Testament
Terms within: Synoptic Gospels, Synoptics
Specialized synonyms: Word Of God
Derivative terms: Evangelical, Evangelical
Definition of Gospels
1. Noun. (plural of Gospel) ¹
2. Noun. (plural of gospel) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gospels
1. gospel [n] - See also: gospel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gospels
Literary usage of Gospels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"The the Fourth Gospel, though it is ex- gospels a tremely self-conscious, ...
The gospels require for their explanation an authorship which is in some sense ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"It remains true, however, that all the early testimony which has a distinct
bearing on the number of the canonical gospels recognizes four such gospels and ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"We turn to the literary criticism of the gospels, where solid results have been
obtained. The first three gospels have in consequence of the large amount of ..."
4. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1834)
"4to. In the Bodleian and Lambeth libraries. Epistles and gospels. ... The Epistles &
gospels. London, tj John Day for Thomas Petit. ..."
5. Journal of Theological Studies (1904)
"THE THE critical study of the gospels falls naturally into stages, which should
be kept in theory distinct, however much in practice they overlap. ..."
6. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1915)
"In the prologue to his commentary upon Matthew, Jerome (AD 346-420) also mentions
some of the uncanonical gospels, but his information adds nothing to the ..."
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