different between evangelism vs evangel

English

Etymology

evangel +? -ism

Noun

evangelism (plural evangelisms)

1. Sharing news of something in order to convince someone to join or otherwise accept it.
2. The process of evangelizing.

Derived terms

• televangelism

Related terms

• angel
• angelic
• evangel
• evangelist
• evangelize

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English evaungel, evangile, from Old French evangile, from Late Latin evangelium, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (euangélion, “good news”), from ????????? (euángelos, “bringing good news”), from ?? (eû, “well”) + ????????? (angéllein, “to announce”) (English angel). The word gospel is from the same Ancient Greek origin, also meaning “good news”, but translated into Latin, then Old English.

Noun

evangel (plural evangels)

1. The Christian gospel.
   • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. X, Plugson of Undershot

     If, at any time, a philosophy of Laissez-faire, Competition and Supply-and-demand, start up as the exponent of human relations, expect that it will soon end. […] Such philosophies will arise; be preached as Mammon-Gospels, the ultimate Evangel of the World […]

2. A salutary principle relating to morals, politics, etc.
3. An evangelist.

Related terms

• angel
• evangelism
• evangelist
• evangelization
• evangelize

Translations

Further reading

• evangel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• evangel in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• evangel at OneLook Dictionary Search