evangelical church

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evangelical church - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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