Evangelical

a.	1.	Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as, the evangelical history.
	2.	Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in, the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as, evangelical religion.
	3.	Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preëminently 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.
	4.	Having or characterized by a zealous, crusading enthusiasm for a cause.
	5.	Adhering to a form of Christianity characterized by a conservative interpretation of the bible, but disavowing the label 'bdfundamentalist`'b8. 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.
n.	1.	One of evangelical principles.

Adj.	1.	evangelical - relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels; "evangelical Christianity"; "an ultraconservative evangelical message"
	2.	evangelical - of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament
	3.	evangelical - marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause Synonyms: evangelistic

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