Gospel [M.E.,=good news; evangel from Gr.,= good news], a written account of the life of Jesus. Though the Gospels of the New Testament are all anonymous, since the 2d cent. they have been named Matthew Matthew, Gospel according to, 1st book of the New Testament. Scholars conjecture that it was written for the church at Antioch toward the end of the 1st cent.
..... Click the link for more information. , Mark Mark, Gospel according to, 2d book of the New Testament. The shortest of the four Gospels and probably the earliest, it is usually thought to have been composed shortly before the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. Tradition claims St.
..... Click the link for more information. , Luke Luke, Gospel according to Saint, third book of the New Testament. It was composed in the second half of the 1st cent. Since the 2d cent. it and the Acts of the Apostles have been ascribed to St. Luke; Acts is sometimes considered a sequel to the Gospel.
..... Click the link for more information. , and John John, three letters of the New Testament. Traditionally, they are ascribed to John son of Zebedee, the disciple of Jesus. All three letters probably date to the end of the 1st cent. A.D., and may have been written as a corpus. First John is a homily.
..... Click the link for more information. . The first three are called Synoptic Gospels Synoptic Gospels (sĭnŏp`tĭk) [Gr.
..... Click the link for more information. because they agree in much of their subject matter, wording, and narrative order and so appear to be written from a common vantage point. Some Pseudepigrapha Pseudepigrapha (s
'dĭpĭ`grəfə) [Gr.
..... Click the link for more information. —e.g., the Gospel of Thomas—partly resemble the canonical Gospels. The solemn reading of the day's Gospel is a special feature of the liturgy in many churches. Formerly the Gospel (i.e., a book of the Gospels) was used instead of the Bible for the oath in courts in Christian countries. This sort of honor paid to the book resulted in some outstanding examples of illumination illumination, in art, decoration of manuscripts and books with colored, gilded pictures, often referred to as miniatures (see miniature painting ); historiated and decorated initials; and ornamental border designs.
..... Click the link for more information. —e.g., the Lindisfarne Gospels (see Holy Island Holy Island or Lindisfarne (lĭn`dĭsfärn), off the coast of Northumberland, NE England.
..... Click the link for more information. ) and the Book of Kells (see under Ceanannus Mór Book of Kells, now one of the treasures of the Trinity College library in Dublin , is a beautifully illuminated manuscript of the Latin Gospels, with notes on local history, found in the ancient monastery and believed to have been written in the 8th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. ). Sometimes the term "gospel" is used in a broader sense to indicate the Christian message of salvation.
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Gospel
..... Click the link for more information. , Mark Mark, Gospel according to, 2d book of the New Testament. The shortest of the four Gospels and probably the earliest, it is usually thought to have been composed shortly before the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. Tradition claims St.
..... Click the link for more information. , Luke Luke, Gospel according to Saint, third book of the New Testament. It was composed in the second half of the 1st cent. Since the 2d cent. it and the Acts of the Apostles have been ascribed to St. Luke; Acts is sometimes considered a sequel to the Gospel.
..... Click the link for more information. , and John John, three letters of the New Testament. Traditionally, they are ascribed to John son of Zebedee, the disciple of Jesus. All three letters probably date to the end of the 1st cent. A.D., and may have been written as a corpus. First John is a homily.
..... Click the link for more information. . The first three are called Synoptic Gospels Synoptic Gospels (sĭnŏp`tĭk) [Gr.
..... Click the link for more information. because they agree in much of their subject matter, wording, and narrative order and so appear to be written from a common vantage point. Some Pseudepigrapha Pseudepigrapha (s
'dĭpĭ`grəfə) [Gr...... Click the link for more information. —e.g., the Gospel of Thomas—partly resemble the canonical Gospels. The solemn reading of the day's Gospel is a special feature of the liturgy in many churches. Formerly the Gospel (i.e., a book of the Gospels) was used instead of the Bible for the oath in courts in Christian countries. This sort of honor paid to the book resulted in some outstanding examples of illumination illumination, in art, decoration of manuscripts and books with colored, gilded pictures, often referred to as miniatures (see miniature painting ); historiated and decorated initials; and ornamental border designs.
..... Click the link for more information. —e.g., the Lindisfarne Gospels (see Holy Island Holy Island or Lindisfarne (lĭn`dĭsfärn), off the coast of Northumberland, NE England.
..... Click the link for more information. ) and the Book of Kells (see under Ceanannus Mór Book of Kells, now one of the treasures of the Trinity College library in Dublin , is a beautifully illuminated manuscript of the Latin Gospels, with notes on local history, found in the ancient monastery and believed to have been written in the 8th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. ). Sometimes the term "gospel" is used in a broader sense to indicate the Christian message of salvation.
Bibliography
See J. B. Green, How to Read the Gospels and Acts (1987); R. Price, Three Gospels (1996).
Gospel
Any of the four New Testament books narrating the life and death of Jesus. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are placed at the beginning of the New Testament and make up about half its total text. Since the 18th century, the first three have been called the Synoptic Gospels, because they give similar accounts of the ministry of Jesus. The term is also applied to apocryphal works of the 2nd century (e.g., The Gospel of Thomas).
gospel
1. Black religious music originating in the churches of the Southern states of the United States
2. the message or doctrine of a religious teacher
3.
a. the story of Christ's life and teachings as narrated in the Gospels
b. the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ
Gospel
1. any of the first four books of the New Testament, namely Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
2. a reading from one of these in a religious service
Gospel
one of the four biographies of Jesus Christ that begin the New Testament; thus, “the real beginning of Christianity.” [Christianity: NCE, 1112]
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