1. evangelical(a = adj.pert) - 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"
Derived form noun evangel1
2. evangelical(a = adj.pert) - of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament;
Derived form noun evangel1
3. evangelical(s = adj.all) evangelistic - marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause;
1. Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as, the evangelical history. [1913 Webster]
2. Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in, the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as, evangelical religion. [1913 Webster]
3. Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preëminently 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 religious bodies not regarded as orthodox. [1913 Webster]
4. Having or characterized by a zealous, crusading enthusiasm for a cause. [PJC]
5. Adhering to a form of Christianity characterized by a conservative interpretation of the bible, but disavowing the label 'bdfundamentalist`'b8. [PJC]
One of evangelical principles. [1913 Webster]
evangelical, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of or according to the teaching of the gospel or the Christian religion.
2 of the Protestant school maintaining that the doctrine of salvation by faith in the Atonement is the essence of the gospel.
--n. a member of the evangelical school.
Derivative:
evangelicalism n. evangelically adv.
Etymology:
eccl.L evangelicus f. eccl.Gk euaggelikos (as EVANGEL)
N orthodoxy, strictness, soundness, religious truth, true faith, truth, soundness of doctrine, Christianity, Christianism, Catholicism, Catholicity, the faith once delivered to the saints, hyperorthodoxy, iconoclasm, The Church, Catholic Church, Universal Church, Apostolic Church, Established Church, temple of the Holy Ghost, Church of Christ, body of Christ, members of Christ, disciples of Christ, followers of Christ, Christian, Christian community, true believer, canonist, Christendom, collective body of Christians, canons, thirty nine articles, Apostles' Creed, Nicene Creed, Athanasian Creed, Church Catechism, textuary, orthodox, sound, strick, faithful, catholic, schismless, Christian, evangelical, scriptural, divine, monotheistic, true, of the true faith.
N Judeo-christian revelation, revelation, inspiration, afflatus, theophany, theopneusty, Word, Word of God, Scripture, the Scriptures, the Bible, Holy Writ, Holy Scriptures, inspired writings, Gospel, Old Testament, Septuagint, Vulgate, Pentateuch, Octateuch, the Law, the Jewish Law, the Prophets, major Prophets, minor Prophets, Hagiographa, Hagiology, Hierographa, Apocrypha, New Testament, Gospels, Evangelists, Acts, Epistles, Apocalypse, Revelations, Talmud, Mishna, Masorah, prophet, evangelist, apostle, disciple, saint, the Fathers, the Apostolical Fathers, Holy Men of old, inspired penmen, scriptural, biblical, sacred, prophetic, evangelical, evangelistic, apostolic, apostolical, inspired, theopneustic, theophneusted, apocalyptic, ecclesiastical, canonical, textuary.
evangelical and reformed church, evangelical united brethren church