gospel
- gospel
The English word means ‘news of joyful events’ and is used by Jesus as he proclaims the coming of the
Kingdom [[➝ kingdom of God]] (
Mark 1:15) and by Paul of God's work done through Jesus Christ (
Rom. 1:1–2). The
NT takes up the theme already preached by the
OT prophet [[➝ prophets]], where it is the good news of the coming end of the Exile (
Isa. 40:9).
In writing to the Galatians (
1:6–7) Paul rounds on opponents who were distorting ‘his’ gospel and teaching ‘another’ which he regarded as nothing more than the old way of
Judaism slightly improved or modified. It was the old legalism. ‘His’ gospel was the news that it is by Christ, through faith in him, that we are put right with God. Thus the content has been changed: for Jesus, it was the coming of the
Kingdom [[➝ kingdom of God]]: for Paul, it is Christ himself ‘the power of God for salvation’ (
Rom. 1:16). The content of the gospel has necessarily been changed by reason of the Church's belief about Jesus' death and
resurrection.
In the 2nd cent. ‘gospel’ came to be put as the title of certain Christian books. This followed the convention that a book should be known by its first word: thus, ‘Genesis’, the opening book of the
OT, acquired its name from the
LXX where the word means ‘beginning’ (
Gen. 1:1). Almost the first word in Mark is ‘gospel’; but before long there were three other accepted accounts of Jesus'
ministry,
death, and
resurrection; therefore to distinguish them their titles became ‘The gospel according to Matthew’ etc. The word ‘gospel’ had come to denote a kind of literature about Jesus, but it was not an entirely new
genre of writing inasmuch as
lives of political or military leaders (Agricola) and religious heroes (Moses) were published in the Graeco-Roman world.
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gospel — ► NOUN 1) the teachings of Christ. 2) (Gospel) the record of Christ s life and teaching in the first four books of the New Testament. 3) (Gospel) each of these books. 4) (also gospel truth) something absolutely true. 5) (also … English terms dictionary
gospel — [gäs′pəl] n. [ME godspell, gospel (with assimilated d ) < OE gōdspel, orig., good story, good news: intended as transl. of LL(Ec) evangelium (see EVANGEL), tidings, but later by shortening of o it became gŏdspel as if < god, God + spel,… … English World dictionary
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Gospel — Gos pel, a. Accordant with, or relating to, the gospel; evangelical; as, gospel righteousness. Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gospel — / gɑspəl/, it. / gɔspel/ s. ingl. [forma ellittica per gospel song, comp. di gospel Vangelo, evangelico e song canto ], usato in ital. almasch. (mus.) [nome di alcuni canti popolari su temi evangelici, sviluppatisi in America nel sec. 19°]… … Enciclopedia Italiana
