gos·pel /ˈgɑspəl/
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 Gos·pel n.
 1. Glad tidings; especially, the good news concerning Christ, the Kingdom of God, and salvation.
    And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom.   --Matt. iv. 23.
    The steadfast belief of the promises of the gospel.   --Bentley.
 Note: ☞ It is probable that gospel is from. OE. godspel, God story, the narrative concerning God; but it was early confused with god spell, good story, good tidings, and was so used by the translators of the Authorized version of Scripture. This use has been retained in most cases in the Revised Version.
    Thus the literal sense [of gospel] is the =\“narrative of God,” i. e., the life of Christ.\=   --Skeat.
 2. One of the four narratives of the life and death of Jesus Christ, written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
 3. A selection from one of the gospels, for use in a religious service; as, the gospel for the day.
 4. Any system of religious doctrine; sometimes, any system of political doctrine or social philosophy; as, this political gospel.
 5. Anything propounded or accepted as infallibly true; as, they took his words for gospel. [Colloq.]
    If any one thinks this expression hyperbolical, I shall only ask him to read Œdipus, instead of taking the traditional witticisms about Lee for gospel.   --Saintsbury.


 Gos·pel, a. Accordant with, or relating to, the gospel; evangelical; as, gospel righteousness.


 Gos·pel, v. t. To instruct in the gospel. [Obs.]

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 Gospel
      n 1: four books in the New Testament that tell the story of
           Christ's life and teachings [syn: Gospels, evangel]
      2: an unquestionable truth; "his word was gospel" [syn: {gospel
         truth]
      3: a genre of a capella music originating with Black slaves in
         the United States and featuring call and response;
         influential on the development of other genres of popular
         music (especially soul) [syn: gospel singing]
      4: the written body of teachings of a religious group that are
         generally accepted by that group [syn: religious doctrine,
          church doctrine, creed]
      5: a doctrine that is believed to be of great importance;
         "Newton's writings were gospel for those who followed"


 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).