单词 | evangelist |
释义 | evangelistn. 1. One of the writers of the Four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > New Testament > Gospel > [noun] > writing of > writer of gospeller971 evangelistc1175 gospelwrightc1175 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 81 Seint Iohan þe ewangeliste in apocalipsi. c1225 Juliana 31 Þe worldes wealdent þat wiste sein iuhan his ewanigeliste unhurt. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 67 And sende Sent Mark þe euangelist in to Egypt. a1330 Roland & V. 153 Jones broþer, þe wangelist. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. x. 243 Cryst clepid hym-self so þe ewangelistes bereth witnesse. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 13977 Als tellis luca þe wangeliste. 1520 Chron. Eng. ii. f. 14/2 This Asarias and his sone Joas and his nevewe Amasia Mathew the evangelist putteth not in the lyne of Cryst for theyr offences. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) i. viii. 27 The three Evangelists write the Historie in base and simple speech. 1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 666 The same may be said of the three other Evangelists. 1697 J. Locke 2nd Vindic. Reasonableness Christianity He is of opinion..if we had nothing but the four Evangelists, we could not be sav'd. 1833 C. F. Crusé tr. Eusebius Eccl. Hist. (ed. 2) vi. xxxi. 250 In this he most clearly establishes the consistency of two evangelists. 1845 Corrie in Encycl. Metrop. 879/1 The Evangelist relates the circumstances attendant on the baptism of Christ. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > book (general) > other books > [noun] > containing the gospels evangelsc1386 evangelya1513 evangelist1523 Evangeliar1846 evangelistarium1850 evangelistary1865 tetrevangelium1898 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxii. 260 We swere on the holy euangelist, by vs corporally touched. 1618 P. Holderus tr. J. van Oldenbarneveld Barneuel's Apol. sig. Fiijv Let the Aduocate remember what Christ thunders out in the Euangelist. 1713 R. Steele in Guardian 4 Apr. 2/2 To see a well-dressed young Man produce an Evangelist out of his Pocket. 3. a. gen. One who preaches the gospel. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > evangelization > [noun] > one who evangelizes fisherc1000 man-fisherc1300 vangelista1330 evangelizer1382 evangelyc1384 evangelist1535 men-fishera1557 seminary1583 evangel1593 Philip1613 evangelica1617 evangelizationer1825 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxvii. 11 The Lorde shal geue the worde, with greate hoostes of Euangelistes. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John f. 69v They [the Pharisees] were as blynde in soule as the beggar, beyng now an euangelyste, was before in body. 1559 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1725) I. App. vi. 11 A woman..is not called to be an evangelist. b. One who evangelizes or brings the gospel to (a heathen nation, etc.); = apostle n. 3b. ΚΠ 1891 N.E.D. at Evangelist Mod. St. Boniface the evangelist of Germany. c. In the primitive Church, the designation given to a certain class of teachers, mentioned in Eph. iv. 11 after ‘apostles’ and ‘prophets’, and presumably having the function of preaching the gospel to the unconverted. The title has at various periods been revived, usually denoting an itinerant preacher having no fixed pastoral charge. At present, in the usage of various Protestant denominations, it means chiefly a layman commissioned to perform home missionary work. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > evangelization > [noun] > one who evangelizes > itinerant evangelist1382 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Eph. iv. 11 He ȝaf ȝiftis to men..And he ȝaf summe sotheli apostlis, summe forsoth prophetis, othere forsothe Euangelistis. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxi. 8 Entringe into the hous of Philip euangelist. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Giv Many offices and dignitees of the churche..as apostles prophetes, euangelistes, doctors. 1588 J. Udall Demonstr. Trueth of Discipline ii. 15 Timothie and Titus..were Euangelists, a degree aboue ordinarie ministers. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Tim. iv. 5 Endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist . View more context for this quotation 1681 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation: 2nd Pt. 368 It was designed, that there should be in every diocese some who should go round a precinct, and preach like evangelists. 1732 D. Neal Hist. Puritans I. 165 He [John Knox] was a sort of Evangelist over the whole kingdom. 1847 J. Yeowell Chron. Anc. Brit. Church iv. 39 Evangelists, who appear to have acted as pioneers and forerunners of a stationary ministry. 1852 W. J. Conybeare & J. S. Howson Life & Epist. St. Paul I. xiii. 468 The term Evangelist is applied to those missionaries, who..travelled from place to place. 1881 Bible (R.V.) Eph. iv. 11. Draft additions 1993 d. transferred. A zealous advocate of a cause or promulgator of a doctrine. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > exhortation > one who preacherc1395 exhorter1552 hortator1880 evangelist1978 1978 P. Howard Weasel Words xxi. 90 It makes sense to say that the French Revolution found its evangelist in Rousseau; that Mary Whitehouse is the evangelist of cleaning up television. 1988 Daily Tel. 20 Apr. 10/3 Cleese appears an unlikely evangelist for the shop assistants, double-glazing salesmen and managing directors of this world. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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