Definition of Gospels

1. Noun. The four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings.


Definition of Gospels

1. Noun. (plural of Gospel) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of gospel) ¹

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Definition of Gospels

1. gospel [n] - See also: gospel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gospels

Gorlin formula
Gorman's syndrome
Gormenghastian
Gorno-Altaysk
Gorontalo
Gorsuch
Gosainthan
Gospel
Gospel According to John
Gospel According to Luke
Gospel According to Mark
Gospel According to Matthew
Gospel of Luke
Gospel shop
Gospel shops
Gospels (current term)
Gosport
Gossage
Gosselin's fracture
Gossypium arboreum
Gossypium barbadense
Gossypium herbaceum
Gossypium hirsutum
Gossypium peruvianum
Gossypium thurberi
Gostivar
Gota Canal
Gotcha Day
Goteborg
Goth

Literary usage of Gospels

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"The the Fourth Gospel, though it is ex- Gospels a tremely self-conscious, ... The Gospels require for their explanation an authorship which is in some sense ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"It remains true, however, that all the early testimony which has a distinct bearing on the number of the canonical Gospels recognizes four such Gospels and ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"We turn to the literary criticism of the Gospels, where solid results have been obtained. The first three Gospels have in consequence of the large amount of ..."

4. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1834)
"4to. In the Bodleian and Lambeth libraries. Epistles and Gospels. ... The Epistles & Gospels. London, tj John Day for Thomas Petit. ..."

5. Journal of Theological Studies (1904)
"THE THE critical study of the Gospels falls naturally into stages, which should be kept in theory distinct, however much in practice they overlap. ..."

6. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1915)
"In the prologue to his commentary upon Matthew, Jerome (AD 346-420) also mentions some of the uncanonical Gospels, but his information adds nothing to the ..."

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