Evangelic

"evangelical" redirects here. For adherent to Evangelicalism, see Evangelicalism.

Not to be confused with evangelism.

Not to be confused with Evangelicalism.

Evangelic or evangelical means "to be rooted in the gospels" from the Template:Lang-la or Template:Lang-grc.

This is the core meaning in theology that can be found in terms like the Evangelical Counsels.

"Evangelical" can also be the adjective to Evangelicalism. As this has become the common meaning in English by now, evangelic (from Template:Lang-de, Template:Lang-nl or Template:Lang-sv) is often used for the original meaning.

This makes the use of the adjective "evangelical" rather confusing if the context is unknown.

Evangelic as denomination

Many denomination of protestantism use "evangelic" or "evangelical" as their name, most commonly Lutheran and Reformed churches (one of the two biggest organised churches in Germany is the Template:Lang-de, consisting of lutheran, reformed and Prussian Union congregations).

After the reformation, this was chosen to highlight the sola scriptura dogma that only accepts the bible as authoritarian scripture, the Sacred Tradition and apostolic age documents like the Apostolic Fathers or credos are only considered "normed standards".

Weblinks

• www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evangelical Merriam-Webster dictionary entry "evangelical"

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