Evangelical Alliance
(gcide) | Evangelical \E`van*gel"ic*al\, a.
1. Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as, the
evangelical history.
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2. Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in,
the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as,
evangelical religion.
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3. Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in
interpreting Christian doctrine; pre["e]minently 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
religious bodies not regarded as orthodox.
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4. Having or characterized by a zealous, crusading enthusiasm
for a cause.
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5. Adhering to a form of Christianity characterized by a
conservative interpretation of the bible, but disavowing
the label 'bdfundamentalist`'b8.
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Evangelical Alliance, an alliance for mutual strengthening
and common work, comprising Christians of different
denominations and countries, organized in Liverpool,
England, in 1845.
Evangelical Church.
(a) The Protestant Church in Germany.
(b) A church founded by a fusion of Lutherans and
Calvinists in Germany in 1817.
Evangelical Union, a religious sect founded in Scotland in
1843 by the Rev. James Morison; -- called also
Morisonians.
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