| gospel | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. evangel, gospel, gospels | the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings. |
| ~ religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing | writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity. |
| ~ gospel according to matthew, matthew | one of the Gospels in the New Testament; includes the Sermon on the Mount. |
| ~ gospel according to mark, mark | the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament. |
| ~ gospel according to luke, gospel of luke, luke | one of the four Gospels in the New Testament; contains details of Jesus's birth and early life. |
| ~ gospel according to john, john | the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament. |
| ~ new testament | the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible. |
| ~ synoptic gospels, synoptics | the first three Gospels which describe events in Christ's life from a similar point of view. |
| ~ word of god | the message of the Gospel of Christ. |
| n. (communication) | 2. gospel, gospel truth | an unquestionable truth.; "his word was gospel" |
| ~ true statement, truth | a true statement.; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it" |
| n. (communication) | 3. gospel, gospel singing | folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella 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). |
| ~ a capella singing, a cappella singing | singing without instrumental accompaniment. |
| ~ ethnic music, folk music, folk | the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community. |
| ~ doo-wop | a genre (usually a cappella) of Black vocal-harmony music of the 1950s that evolved in New York City from gospel singing; characterized by close four-part harmonies; the name derived from some of the nonsense syllables sung by the backup. |
| ~ soul | a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s.; "soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement" |
| n. (communication) | 4. church doctrine, creed, gospel, religious doctrine | the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group. |
| ~ original sin | a sin said to be inherited by all descendants of Adam.; "Adam and Eve committed the original sin when they ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden" |
| ~ doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought | a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school. |
| ~ confession | the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century). |
| ~ ahimsa | a Buddhist and Hindu and especially Jainist doctrine holding that all forms of life are sacred and urging the avoidance of violence. |
| ~ dogma, tenet | a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof. |
| ~ ecumenicalism, ecumenicism, ecumenism | (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity. |
| ~ immaculate conception of the virgin mary, immaculate conception | (Christianity) the Roman Catholic dogma that God preserved the Virgin Mary from any stain of original sin from the moment she was conceived. |
| ~ incarnation | (Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ. |
| ~ nicene creed | (Christianity) a formal creed summarizing Christian beliefs; first adopted in 325 and later expanded. |
| ~ real presence | (Christianity) the Christian doctrine that the body of Christ is actually present in the Eucharist. |
| n. (cognition) | 5. gospel | a doctrine that is believed to be of great importance.; "Newton's writings were gospel for those who followed" |
| ~ doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought | a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school. |
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