Evangelical
Evangelical , adjective
1.
Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as, the evangelical history.
2.
Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in, the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as, evangelical religion.
3.
Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preeminently 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.
4.
Having or characterized by a zealous, crusading enthusiasm for a cause.
5.
Adhering to a form of Christianity characterized by a conservative interpretation of the bible, but disavowing the label “fundamentalist”.
Collocations (3)
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.
Evangelical , noun
One of evangelical principles.