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see|Evangelist

English
Etymology
From Old (and modern) French évangéliste, from ecclesiastical Latin evangelista, from ecclesiastical Greek ε�αγγελι��ή� (euangelistes) �bringer of good news�, from ε�αγγελίζε�θαι �evangelize�, from ε�άγγελο� �bringing good news�, from ε�- (eu) �good� + �γγέλειν �to announce�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/ɪ�vænʤ�lɪst/

Noun
en-noun

1. a person marked by extreme enthusiasm for or support of any cause
2. context|pejorative an unquestioning religious fanatic

#*1992, J. D. Douglas, Who's Who in Christian History, ISBN 0842310142, p. 94
#*:Booth, William (1829-1912) English evangelist; founder and first general of the Salvation Army ... his subordinates being expected to give him unquestioning obedience.
#*1994, Frank Lambert, "Pedlar in Divinity", ISBN 0691096163, p. 10
#*:Yet in the spreading consumer market of the mid-1700s, his renditions competed with others offering a far different account of the evangelist and his message. The famous artist William Hogarth mocked Whitefield in two engravings presenting the revivalist as a religious fanatic who held sway over the superstitious lower orders.
#*1996, Peter J. Conn, Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography, ISBN 0521639891, p. 149
#*:The film implies that the evangelist, as a type, is a fanatic, a sanctimonious prig, and ultimately a hypocrite.

1. Christianity an itinerant or special preacher, especially of revivalists
2. a preacher of the gospel
3. a writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually Evangelist
4. (in primitive Church) a person who first brought the gospel to a city or region
5. (Mormon Church) a patriarch

Translations

Finnish: evankelista
French: évangéliste
German: Evangelist m (3)
Italian: evangelista
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Japanese: ������ (fukuin-no dendousha)
Persian: ا�ج��� (enjeeli)
Swedish: evangelist
Spanish: evangelista

See also
missionary
televangelist
christer

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