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Webster 1913 Edition
Evangelical
Eˊvan-gel′ic-al
,Adj.
1.
Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels;
as, the
. evangelical
history2.
Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in, the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament;
as,
. evangelical
religion3.
Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preëminently orthodox; – technically applied to that party in the Church of England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which holds the doctrine of “Justification by Faith alone;” the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other religious bodies not regarded as orthodox.
Evangelical Alliance
, an alliance for mutual strengthening and common work, comprising Christians of different denominations and countries, organized in Liverpool, England, in 1845.
– Evangelical Church
. (a)
The Protestant Church in Germany.
(b)
A church founded by a fusion of Lutherans and Calvinists in Germany in 1817.
– Evangelical Union
, a religious sect founded in Scotland in 1843 by the
Rev. James Morison
; – called also Morisonians
.Eˊvan-gel′ic-al
,Noun.
One of evangelical principles.