What is the difference between preach and evangelize?
preach | evangelize |
To give a sermon.
* , chapter=3
, title= To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
* Bible, Isa. lxi. 1
To advise or recommend earnestly.
* Shakespeare
To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.
* Southey
(obsolete) A religious discourse.
To tell people about (a particular branch of) Christianity, especially in order to convert them; to preach the gospel to.
* Milton
To preach the Quran and sunnah to non-Muslims; to do dawah
* 2002 , Ergun Mehmet Caner, ?Emir Fethi Caner, Unveiling Islam: An Insider's Look at Muslim Life and Beliefs , Page 11
To be enthusiastic about something, and to attempt to share that enthusiasm with others
As verbs the difference between preach and evangelize
is that preach is to give a sermon while evangelize is to tell people about (a particular branch of) Christianity, especially in order to convert them; to preach the gospel to.As a noun preach
is a religious discourse.preach
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Verb
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.}}
- A local Muslim used to preach from the Quran and hadith.
- The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek.
- My master preaches patience to him.
- As ye are preached .
See also
* praughtNoun
(es)- (Hooker)
evangelize
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Alternative forms
* evangelise ''(not US)Verb
(evangeliz)- His apostles whom he sends / To evangelize the nations.
- nor is it the task of the Muslim to "evangelize" the unbelieving world.
