Reverend vs Evangelist - What's the difference?
reverend | evangelist |
As nouns the difference between reverend and evangelist is that reverend is reverend while evangelist is (biblical) a writer of a gospel, especially the four new testament gospels (matthew, mark, luke, and john), ( also evangelist). As an adjective reverend is reverend.
reverend English
Adjective
(head)
worthy of reverence or respect
Noun
( en noun)
(informal) a member of the Christian clergy
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evangelist English
Noun
( en noun)
(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.
- Booth, William (1829-1912) English evangelist ; founder and first general of the Salvation Army ... his subordinates being expected to give him unquestioning obedience.
* 1994 , Frank Lambert, "Pedlar in Divinity" , ISBN 0691096163, p. 10.
- 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.
* 1996 , Peter J. Conn, Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography , ISBN 0521639891, p. 149.
- The film implies that the evangelist , as a type, is a fanatic, a sanctimonious prig, and ultimately a hypocrite.
Related terms
* angel
* angelic
* evangelize
* televangelist
See also
* missionary
* Christer
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