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Evangelist
noun
A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), (
also
evangelist.)
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evangelist
noun
a person marked by extreme enthusiasm for or support of any cause
(
context, pejorative
) an unquestioning religious fanatic
1992
, J. D. Douglas,
Who's Who in Christian History
, ISBN 0842310142,
http://books.google.com/books?id=yl8qy2l9TIAC&pg=PA94&dq=evangelist+unquestioning+OR+fanatic+OR+lunatic+OR+psychotic+date:1980-2007&sig=K25FY1Qu4mcZXa-_eyDEaJB7ZP8
p. 94
:Booth, William (1829-1912) English ; 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,
http://books.google.com/books?id=w7NUPvmWpUQC&pg=PA10&ots=ArVCFJLYcq&dq=evangelist+unquestioning+OR+fanatic+OR+lunatic+OR+psychotic+date:1980-2007&sig=gmkIQWMtHO7Ba-Fieol6W-oZoJY
p. 10
:Yet in the spreading consumer market of the mid-1700s, his renditions competed with others offering a far different account of the 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,
http://books.google.com/books?id=fxeiP7INFNcC&pg=PA149&dq=evangelist+unquestioning+OR+fanatic+OR+lunatic+OR+psychotic+date:1980-2007&sig=YVtwATzSjTIJfNxbsguj5ZV6U9U
p. 149
:The film implies that the , as a type, is a fanatic, a sanctimonious prig, and ultimately a hypocrite.
(
Christianity
) an itinerant or special preacher, especially of revivalists
a preacher of the gospel
a writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John),
usually
Evangelist
(
in primitive Church
) a person who first brought the gospel to a city or region
(
Mormon Church
) a patriarch
Etymology:
From Old (and modern) French
évangéliste
, from ecclesiastical Latin
evangelista
, from ecclesiastical Greek
á
(
euangelistes
) "bringer of good news", from
á
"evangelize", from
á
"bringing good news", from
-
(
eu
) "good" +
á
"to announce".
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