(a.) Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as, the evangelical history.
(a.) Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in, the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as, evangelical religion.
(a.) Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preeminetly orthodox; -- technically applied to that party in the Church of England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which holds the doctrine of "Justification by Faith alone"; the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other religion bodies not regarded as orthodox.
(n.) One of evangelical principles.
Example Sentences:
(1) The evangelical pastor knew he faced an almighty task.
(2) But somewhere along the way, his passion for good, fresh food – admirable and infectious in every respect – appears to have transformed into evangelical life-coaching.
(3) The plot departs from the good book in big ways, small ways, in fact any way the makers (evangelical husband and wife Mark Burnett and Roma Downey) fancy.
(4) This enduring strain of belief has found more recent echoes in both Islamism and the US evangelical right.
(5) But Nick Loening, owner of Ecoyoga in the Scottish Highlands, is evangelical about the benefits of a good soak and gently insistent that his guests make the most of the various bathing options at his retreat – regardless of the weather.
(6) No true evangelical ought to be tempted to give such tales any credence whatsoever, no matter how popular they become,” Johnson wrote.
(7) A lot of clubs, Boro included, take increasing notice of such data these days but few are quite as evangelical as Brentford.
(8) Jim Gianopulos, the chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment, went on a Singularity University course, and has since become evangelical about it.
(9) Santorum, a social conservative much further to the right than Romney and endorsed by Christian evangelical leaders, hopes to turn himself into a magnet for the substantial number of anti-Romney conservatives.
(10) • Lord Anderson of Swansea sponsored a pass for Lyndon Bowring, executive chairman of Care, the evangelical Christian group.
(11) Michel claimed that God had deserted Shenouda's congregation and that more than a million Copts had become Muslims or evangelical Christians.
(12) Brin and Page remain joint presidents, Brin in charge of technology, Page responsible for product launches, but the rapid growth of recent years has been steered by chief executive Eric Schmidt, 53, who came on board in 2001 as the commercial 'brain', negotiating the founders' evangelism and the shareholders' thirst for profits.
(13) I think it’s okay as a Catholic to get my guidance as a Catholic from the Pope but certainly not economic policy or environmental policy.” Trump has previously questioned the faith of another adversary, Ted Cruz, saying: “You gotta remember, in all fairness, to the best of my knowledge, not too many evangelicals come out of Cuba, OK?” Cruz’s father is an evangelical pastor who emigrated from Cuba, and the senator has pursued extremely religious voters throughout his campaign.
(14) Trump did seem to recognize that no one would mistake him for a devout evangelical.
(15) I am a Protestant and I am very proud of it,” Donald Trump told Liberty University, the largest evangelical institution of higher education in the United States, on Monday, as he attempted to appeal to this key demographic in the Republican primary.
(16) Conservative evangelicals often quote a verse in Leviticus which describes sexual relations between men as an “abomination”.
(17) But the paper was also canny enough to say the school would be run by evangelical Christian sponsors."
(18) Had they but known, Robinson, from a poor Southern share-cropping background, was one of the most evangelical of American bishops.
(19) Mission's films aren't evangelical tools, part of a grand crusade – they're designed to plug a gap in the market.
(20) Evangelicals, wherever they come from the US and elsewhere, should bring good news of inclusion and love of God rather than sowing seeds of discrimination and hate,” he tells me before adding: “The Gospel is supposed to be liberating to marginalised people.
Protestant
Definition:
(v.) One who protests; -- originally applied to those who adhered to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles V. and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers, and appealed to a general council; -- now used in a popular sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic or the Greek Church.
(a.) Making a protest; protesting.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the faith and practice of those Christians who reject the authority of the Roman Catholic Church; as, Protestant writers.
Example Sentences:
(1) Nulliparous women were also more likely to discontinue the condom because of pregnancy, as were non-Protestants and the Australian-born.
(2) A number of asylum seekers detained in the family camp on Nauru have begun peaceful protests over conditions at the centre.
(3) In late May, more than 50 residents of Ust-Usa protested the effects of oil drilling and plans for a new oil well near the village.
(4) When asked why the streets of London were not heaving with demonstrators protesting against Russia turning Aleppo into the Guernica of our times, Stop the War replied that it had no wish to add to the “jingoism” politicians were whipping up against plucky little Russia .
(5) We are already witnessing a wholly understandable uprising of protest.
(6) "I saw my role, and continue to do so, as doing everything I can to accelerate the Lib Dems' journey from a party of protest to a party of government," he said.
(7) The protesters were confronted by a much larger group of pro-Kremlin activists, which led to scuffles.
(8) Officers arrested her last month during the protest against oil drilling by the energy firm Cuadrilla at Balcombe in West Sussex – a demonstration Lucas has attended several times.
(9) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Joe Davis protests against his wife Kim’s jailing.
(10) Brazil and Argentina unite in protest against culture of sexual violence Read more The symbolic power of so many women standing together proves that focusing on victims does not mean portraying women as passive.
(11) Among non-Hispanic whites in the 1980s, Catholic total fertility rates (TFRs) were about one-quarter of a child lower than Protestant rates (1.64 vs. 1.91).
(12) "I did so in protest at using unethical ways to make unjust allegations, therefore I hereby withdraw my complaint against this artist."
(13) She devoured political science texts, took evening classes at Goldsmiths college, and performed at protests and fundraisers, but became disillusioned.
(14) In saying what he did, he was not telling any frequent flyer something they didn't already know, and he was not protesting about any newly adopted measures.
(15) They plan to continue the hour-long demonstrations daily, potentially inviting arrest under laws introduced last year that allowed some protests to be criminalised.
(16) Down the road another group of protesters gathered outside the chain-link fence surrounding the Marriott's perimeter.
(17) The organizers of the protest march he participated in said the man had fallen ill before any rioting had broken out.
(18) The authorities had said they used water cannon, teargas and smoke grenades to break up the protest.
(19) Protesting naked, as Femen's slogans insist, is liberté , a reappropriation of their own bodies as opposed to pornography or snatched photographs which are exploitation.
(20) They vote as a protest, no matter what the consequences of it.