evangelicalism


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
evangelical /ˌiːvanˈjɛlɪk(ə)l/
adjective
  • 1 of or according to the teaching of the gospel or the Christian religion.

    ■ of or denoting a tradition within Protestant Christianity emphasizing the authority of the Bible, personal conversion, and the doctrine of salvation by faith in the Atonement.

  • 2 fervent in advocating something.
noun a member of the evangelical tradition in the Christian Church.
– derivatives
evangelic adjective,
evangelicalism noun,
evangelically adverb.
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