EVANGELIST. This word signifies one, who publishes good news. They therefore who write, as well as they who preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, are called Evangelists, and in general all they who declare any happy tidings. In Isaiah the Lord says, that he will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings, or an Evangelist, an Ambassador, a Prophet, an Envoy, one who shall declare what God shall please to reveal to him. In the Acts, Philip, one of the seven Deacons, is called an Evangelist. St. Paul speaks of the Evangelists, and ranks them below the Apostles and Prophets. He speaks to Timothy, exhorting to perform the duty of an Evangelist. In the beginning of Christianity, there were Evangelists and Preachers, who without being fixed to any Church, went and preached wherever they were led by the Holy Spirit. Lastly, we most commonly call Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Evangelists, who are the authors of the four Gospels, which only are acknowledged by the Church to be Canonical.
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