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“evangelical”
evangelical (adjective), more evangelical, most evangelical
1. In or agreeing with the four Gospels or the teachings of the New Testament in the Bible.
2. Denoting the adherents of a school of Protestant theology stressing the divine inspiration, authority, and sufficiency of the Scriptures, the fallen state of man, salvation by faith in the redeeming work of Christ, and spiritual regeneration, and denying in whole or in part the efficacy of the sacraments and the authority of the church.
3. In the U.S., loosely, orthodox; Trinitarian in belief.
4. Zealous or fervent: evangelical preaching.
5. A reference to the work of an evangelist; evangelistic: evangelical labors.
6. A member of an evangelical church, or of an evangelical party within a church, as of the Low Church party in Anglicanism.
2. Denoting the adherents of a school of Protestant theology stressing the divine inspiration, authority, and sufficiency of the Scriptures, the fallen state of man, salvation by faith in the redeeming work of Christ, and spiritual regeneration, and denying in whole or in part the efficacy of the sacraments and the authority of the church.
3. In the U.S., loosely, orthodox; Trinitarian in belief.
4. Zealous or fervent: evangelical preaching.
5. A reference to the work of an evangelist; evangelistic: evangelical labors.
6. A member of an evangelical church, or of an evangelical party within a church, as of the Low Church party in Anglicanism.
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