Gospel
Origin
From Middle English gospel, gospell, godspel, godspell, goddspell, from Old English godspel ("gospel, glad tidings; one of the four gospels"), corresponding to god + spell("talk, tale, story"), believed to be an alteration of earlier *gÅdspell, used to translate ecclesiastical Latin bona annuntiatio, itself a translation of evangelium
Ancient Greek εá½Î±Î³Î³Îλιον (euangelion, "evangel", literally good news). Compare Old Saxon godspel, godspell ("gospel"), Old High German gotspel ("gospel"), Icelandic guðspjall ("gospel").
Full definition of gospel
Noun
gospel
(plural gospels)- The first section of the Christian New Testament scripture, comprising the books of Gospel of Matthew, , and , concerned with the life, death, resurrection, and teachings of Jesus.
- An account of the life, death, resurrection, and teachings of Jesus, generally written during the first several centuries of the Common Era.
- A message expected to have positive reception or effect.
- (Protestantism) the teaching of Divine grace as distinguished from the Law or Divine commandments
- (uncountable) gospel music
- (uncountable) That which is absolutely authoritative (definitive).
- SaintsburyIf any one thinks this expression hyperbolical, I shall only ask him to read Oedipus, instead of taking the traditional witticisms about Lee for gospel.