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Bible Encyclopedias
Evangelists
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
or This term is applied in the New Testament to a certain class of Christian teachers who were not fixed to any particular spot, but traveled either independently, or under the direction of one or other of the Apostles, for the purpose of propagating the Gospel. Philip, one of the seven deacons, is termed the Evangelist (). St. Paul exhorts Timothy 'to do the work of an Evangelist' (); and though this name is not given to Titus, the injunctions addressed to him, and the services he rendered, are so similar as to render the propriety of applying it to him unquestionable. In the Epistle to the Ephesians () the Evangelists are expressly distinguished from the pastors and teachers. The chief points of difference appear to be that the former were itinerant, the latter stationary; the former were employed in introducing the Gospel where it was before unknown; the business of the latter was to confirm and instruct the converts statedly and permanently.
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Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Evangelists'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/kbe/e/evangelists.html.
