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Synonyms for Gospel

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Synonyms for Gospel

the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings

an unquestionable truth

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folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response

a doctrine that is believed to be of great importance

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Its use of godspel for a source that is not a pericope from the canonical gospels is especially worrisome....
Unsuprisingly, these two are used for the same sense, for example Latin mundus is rendered either by middangeard or middaneard, e.g., the Gospel according to Saint Matthew 26.13 (14) Soo ic secge eow swa hwoer swa pys godspel byo gebodud on eallum middanearde byo gesced on hyre gemynd poet heo diss dyde -- An- glo-Saxon Soo ic segge eow.
forthon the we gehyrdon tha thaet halige godspel raedd waes thaet naeniges Godes haligra gebyrd ...
Old and Middle English contain a number of calques; perhaps the best known example in English is OE godspel, "good news."