A Greek term meaning 'gospel' or 'good news,' used in Christian theological and biblical scholarship.
From Greek 'euangelion' (good news), the original Greek term from which all English 'evangel-' words derive. Still used in Greek Orthodox and academic contexts.
This Greek word is the ultimate ancestor of countless English religious terms—'evangel,' 'evangelical,' 'evangelism'—showing how much of English religious vocabulary comes from ancient Greek.
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