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This thought makes my poverty also to be my honour Moreover, to the poor the gospel was and is preached, and to my heart's delight I find it to be true, every Sunday of my life.

—The Annals of the Poor

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noun The proclamation of the redemption preached by Jesus and the Apostles, which is the central content of Christian revelation.
noun Bible One of the first four New Testament books, describing the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus and recording his teaching.
noun A similar narrative.

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(Glad tidings, especially the glad tidings that the Messiah expected by the Jews has appeared in the person of Christ. The ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. Acts XX. 24. Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. 2 Tim. i. 10.
The story of Christ's life, teachings, sufferings, death, resurrection, and ascension; hence, one of the books in which that story was originally told: as, the Gospel of Matthew. [Preferably with a capital letter when used in a titular sense, but not in the general senses.] The gospels are four in number—those of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Of these four, those of Matthew and John were written by apostles and eye-witnesses, that of Luke is avowedly gathered from others who were witnesses, and that of Mark has been from a very early age believed to be written by a disciple of the apostle Peter. The first three gospels are known as the synoptic gospels, because combined they present a general and harmonized view of Christ's life. The Johannine origin of the fourth has been much disputed. Matthew and Mark confine themselves chiefly to Christ's ministry in Galilee; Luke adds an account of his ministry in Perea; John alone records his ministry in Judea, except that portion of it connected with the Passion. There are also apocryphal gospels which are not regarded as genuine by any scholars, either Protestant, Roman Catholic, or Greek. The more important of these are : the Gospel of the Birth of Mary, an account of Mary's birth, youth, and espousals; the Pro-evangelion, a somewhat similar account; the Gospels I. and II. of the Infancy of Jesus Christ; and the Gospel of Nicodemus, also called the Acts of Pontius Pilate, being an account of the crucifixion of Christ and his experiences in Hades. Thei knewen him in brekynge of Bred, as the Gospelle seythe; Et cognoverunt eum in fractione Panis. Mandeville, Travels, p. 116. He [Luke] seith in his godspel, And scheweth hit by ensaumple vr soules to wisse. Piers Plowman (A), viii. 112. The Testimony of every one of these Churches did shew the concurrence of all the Apostles as to the Doctrine contained in the several Gospels. Stillingfleet, Sermons, III. ii.
The doctrine and precepts inculcated by Christ and recorded in the original accounts of his life and teachings. The gospel of Christ. Phil. i. 27. Taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thes. i. 8. Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel. 2 Tim. ii. 8. A distinct conception of the spirit of the Apostolic age is necessary for a right understanding of the relation of the Gospel to the Gospels —of the divine message to the lasting record—at the rise of Christianity Westcott, Introd. to the Study of the Gospels, iii.

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Biswas 'two biggest partners in sharing the gospel are his wife, Elizabeth, and Abu Mansur, a converted Muslim he first knew back in Bangladesh. — Biblical Recorder
The good news of the gospel is the enjoyment of the glory of God in Christ. — Radical Womanhood
Interestingly, he only mentions demons 11 times but his gospel is the shortest and is also about this "Jesus" character. — Catholic Exchange
Instead, they insist the gospel is a bare demand for immediate repentance-or in the worst cases, they insist that the gospel has no relevance whatsoever to the reprobate. — Pyromaniacs
Truly living the gospel is the best way to engage our faith, and learn (plant the seed) whether the fruit is good. — deseretnews.com - Top Stories

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Middle English, from Old English gōdspel (ultimately translation of Greek euangelion) : gōd, good; see good + spel, news.

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from Middle English gospel, gospell, earlier godspel, godspell, from Anglo-Saxon godspel, godspell (= Old Saxon godspell = Old High German gotspel = Icelandic (after Anglo-Saxon) gudhspjall, rarely godhspill), the gospel; apparently orig. with long o, gōdspel, i. e., gōd spel, ‘good spell,’ that is, good tidings, intended to translate Greek εὐαγγέλιον, good tidings, evangel (see evangel) (cf. “Euuangelium, id est, bonum nuntium, godspel,” 'Evangel, that is, good tidings, gospel'—Anglo-Saxon Vocab., ed. Wright and Wülcker, col. 314, 1. 9; “Goddspell onn Ennglissh nemmnedd iss god word and god tithennde,” ‘gospel is named in English good word and good tiding'—Ormulum, Introd., 1. 157), but through the shortening of the vowel o before the three consonants soon taking the form of gŏdspel, i. e., ‘God-story’ (the history of Christ), to which form the Old Saxon, Old High German, and Icelandic words belong (cf. Old Saxon “god-spell that guoda,” ‘the good gospel,’ where the forms and sense show god to be the first element of the compound), from god, God, + spel, speech, story: see god and spell, n. Cf. the similar compounds, Anglo-Saxon godsprǣc, god-sprēc, god-gesprǣece, an oracle, literally ‘god-speech,’ godsibb, a sponsor, literally ‘God-kinsman,’ now reduced to gossip, contracted and assimilated like gospel.
from Middle English *godspellien (not found, but cf. gospeler), from Anglo-Saxon godspellian (= Old High German gotspellōn), intransitive, preach the gospel (transitive Late Latin erangelizare, evangelize), from godspel, gospel: see gospel, n.

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