(a.) Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as,
the evangelical history.
(a.) Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained
in, the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as,
evangelical religion.
(a.) Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in
interpreting Christian doctrine; preeminetly 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
religion bodies not regarded as orthodox.
(n.) One of evangelical principles.
