EVANGELICALISM

evangelicalism

(noun) stresses the importance of personal conversion and faith as the means of salvation

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

evangelicalism (countable and uncountable, plural evangelicalisms)

(Christianity, historical) Lutheranism and continental Calvinism.

(Christianity) Contemporary Protestant movement based on energetic proselytism and a renewed focus on the Bible and on the belief in its inerrancy

(by extension, imprecise) Christian fundamentalism

(by analogy, Islam) Islamic movements which are based on preaching and proselytism (dawah)

Source: Wiktionary


E`van*gel"ic*al*ism, n.

Definition: Adherence to evangelical doctrines; evangelism. G. Eliot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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