Gospel /(?)/

Gos·pel

Gospel

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.
    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.

Gospel

a.
  1. Accordant with, or relating to, the gospel; evangelical; as, gospel righteousness.

Gospel

v. t.
  1. To instruct in the gospel. [Obs.]