Apostle vs Evangelist - What's the difference?
apostle | evangelist | Synonyms |
A missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle).
A pioneer or early advocate of a particular cause, prophet of a belief.
A top-ranking ecclesiastical official in the twelve seat administrative council of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
A person who is plucked, i.e. refused an academic degree.
(legal) A letter dismissory.
(legal) A note sent to an appeal court presenting the appeal in summary.
(legal) The trial court record sent to an appeal court concerning an appeal.
(Christianity) An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised.
(Bible) A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually Evangelist.
(primitive Church) A person who first brought the gospel to a city or region.
(Mormon Church) A patriarch
A person marked by extreme enthusiasm for or support of any cause, particularly with regard to religion.
* 1992 , J. D. Douglas, Who's Who in Christian History , ISBN 0842310142, p. 94.
* 1994 , Frank Lambert, "Pedlar in Divinity" , ISBN 0691096163, p. 10.
* 1996 , Peter J. Conn, Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography , ISBN 0521639891, p. 149.
As nouns the difference between apostle and evangelist
is that apostle is a missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle) while evangelist is an itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised.As a proper noun Apostle
is A rare transcription of the Greek male given name Απόστολος (usually transliterated as Apostolos).apostle
English
(wikipedia apostle)Etymology 1
From (etyl) apostle, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* discipleDerived terms
() * Apostles' Creed * apostleship * apostle spoon * apostolate * apostolic * apostolicityEtymology 2
See apostil.Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* ----evangelist
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Noun
(en noun)- Booth, William (1829-1912) English evangelist ; founder and first general of the Salvation Army ... his subordinates being expected to give him unquestioning obedience.
- Yet in the spreading consumer market of the mid-1700s, his renditions competed with others offering a far different account of the evangelist and his message. The famous artist William Hogarth mocked Whitefield in two engravings presenting the revivalist as a religious fanatic who held sway over the superstitious lower orders.
- The film implies that the evangelist , as a type, is a fanatic, a sanctimonious prig, and ultimately a hypocrite.