2006-10-16 11:25:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Latin word for Gospel is "evangelium" and that is where the word evangelist comes from.
2006-10-16 11:31:51 · answer #1 · answered by jakejr6 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evangelist is a Greek term. It comes from the Greek version of the New Testament. To evangelize is to go out and spread the Good News (Gospel) of Jesus.
2006-10-16 11:29:25 · answer #2 · answered by Max Marie, OFS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word evangelist comes from the Greek euangelion,meaning "good news.This noun was used in the plural by the Greek translators of the Old Testament to render the Hebrew term for "good news'(2Sm4,10:possibly also 18,20.25)But it is the corresponding verb euangelizomai,"to proclaim good news",that was especially significant in preparing the New Testament idea of"gospel,"since this term is used by Deutero-Isaiah for announcing the great victory of God that was to establish his universal kingship and inaugurate the new age(Is40,9;52,7;61,1)
2006-10-16 11:40:09 · answer #3 · answered by kalusz 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The term "Evangelist" comes from the Greek word, 'ευαγγελιον' (euangelion), which became the Latin 'Evangelium'. ευαγγελιον literally means "the good I bring news", but means "the good news" or "good message". An evangelist is just one who spreads the message.
2006-10-16 11:30:06 · answer #4 · answered by Nowhere Man 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It comes from the Greek words for "Good News".
2006-10-16 11:28:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
From the Latin, and before that Greek, 'evangelos', which means, the "messenger of good news"...
i.e. One who claims to be a messenger with good news!
2006-10-16 17:06:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋