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Evangelist

Evangelist

9 7.5
A writer of one of the four Gospels about Jesus in the New Testament
  • noun
  • /ɪˈvæn.dʒə.lɪst/
translation icon : Evangelista
  • And when I see the four, it reminds me of the four evangelists who preached the Gospel.
  • Evangelist John
  • Saint John the Evangelist
  • St. John the Evangelist

Examples

  • St. John the Evangelist, who was always depicted with an eagle.

    The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

  • A wood engraving depicting Luke the Evangelist was regarded for a long time as the first example of engraving here in Russia.

    Academic text (2000)

  • "The only explanation was the one which the evangelist gave. 'It is all of God.'"

    Academic text (2004)

  • Each evangelist was reporting what he thought happened, and some of them got details wrong.

    Academic text (2002)

  • But God's original inspired account, written by the evangelists, was consistent and error-free.

    Academic text (2002)

  • We are not privy to what lay behind the Evangelist's inclusion of Thomas in his resurrection narrative.

    Academic text (2008)

  • "Among the evangelists," Aquinas wrote, "Matthew is distinguished by his attention to the humanity of Christ....

    Academic text (2001)

  • There were probably some teachers, pastors, evangelists, and apostles in the group also.

    Blog text (26)

  • Stunned by this breathtaking conclusion, the Evangelist tells us that the Pharisees, "When they heard it, they marveled."

    Blog text (12)

  • The Evangelist Matthew wrote about the life of Jesus in his Gospel.

Compounds

Luke the Evangelist
7.5

A Christian writer traditionally said to have written the Gospel of Luke and Acts

Surface Forms

Evangelist singular
Evangelists plural

Morphology

Evangelist = evangel + ist

Although the suffix '-ist' marks a person and the construction 'evangel' + '-ist' is regular, the base 'evangel' is rare in everyday English and the capitalized, specialized sense (one of the Gospel writers) is theological and not obvious to most learners.

Etymology

The word Evangelist comes from the Greek root evangel-, which means 'good news' and links to the English word gospel. It is also related to angel meaning 'messenger', so an Evangelist is a 'good-news messenger', which is why the writers of the four Gospels are called Evangelists.