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Gospel (εὐαγγέλιον)
The word “gospel” means, “the announcement of good news.” It is derived from the word “message” with a prefix indicating good. It is a word commonly used for announcing a military victory or the birth of an heir to the throne. This word found its way into English indirectly, through scholars translating the concept, not simply the word. Thus, they took the constituent parts of the Latin bona annuntiatio (good news) and rendered it into native Old English components “gōd (good)” and “spel (news or message).” Over time, gōd was shortened, dropping the “d”, resulting in the modern-day…
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