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Evangelist

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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One who brings good news, a preacher of the Gospel. In the New Testament the term denotes a function rather than an office (Acts 21; Ephesians 4; 2 Timothy 4). Since the 3century the term is used exclusively of the writers of the Gospels: Saints Matthew, Mark, Luke, John.

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Entry for 'Evangelist'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​e/evangelist.html. 1910.
 
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