gospel

noun

• 1the teaching or revelation of Christ:it is the Church’s mission to preach the gospel
• (also gospel truth) a thing that is absolutely true:they say it’s sold out, but don’t take that as gospel
• a set of principles or beliefs:the new economics unit has produced what it reckons to be the approved gospel

• 2 (Gospel) the record of Jesus' life and teaching in the first four books of the New Testament.
• each of the first four books of the New Testament.
• a portion from one of the Gospels read at a church service.

The four Gospels ascribed to St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, and St. John all give an account of the ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection of Christ, although the Gospel of John differs greatly from the other three. There are also several later, apocryphal accounts that are recorded as Gospels

• 3 (also gospel music) a fervent style of black American evangelical religious singing, developed from spirituals sung in Southern Baptist and Pentecostal churches: [as modifier]:gospel singers