Evangelist

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Evangelist is an honorific title traditionally given to Saint John as one of the four authors of the canonical Gospels in the New Testament.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Evangelist canonical 2
Evangelists 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific title
appearsIn Christian hagiography
ecclesiastical writings
appliedTo Apostle John
surface form: John the Apostle

author of a Gospel
associatedWith Four Evangelists
Gospel of John
distinguishedFrom Evangelical (adjective)
Evangelism (activity)
etymologicallyDerivedFrom Greek word euangelistes
hasContext New Testament
canonical Gospels
hasGenderAssociation male
hasPluralForm Evangelists
honorificForRole Gospel writer
proclaimer of the Gospel
honorificScope primarily applied to John in this sense
iconographicAssociation symbol of the eagle
languageOfOrigin Greek
liturgicalUsage saints’ calendars
titles in lectionaries
meaning bringer of good news
refersTo Apostle John
surface form: John the Evangelist
relatedConcept Apostle
Gospel
New Testament author
religiousTradition Christianity
semanticField Christian ministry
proclamation of the Gospel
timePeriodOfUse Late Antiquity
Middle Ages
Modern era
titleType religious honorific
usedBy Christian art
Christian liturgy
Christian theologians
usedFor Saint John
author of a canonical Gospel
usedIn Christian tradition
New Testament studies

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint John title Evangelist
Matthew title Evangelist
subject surface form: Matthew the Apostle
Four Evangelists hasCollectiveTitle Evangelist
this entity surface form: Evangelists