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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Gospel
Scofield Reference Index
• Gospel
Thompson Chain Reference
• Gospel
The Topic Concordance
• Gospel
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Gospel, the
• Doctrines of the Gospel, the
Dictionaries
American Church Dictionary
• Gospels, the
• Gospeller
• Gospel, the Holy
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American Tract Society
• Gospel
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Matthew, Gospel of
• Mark, Gospel of
• Luke, Gospel of
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Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Gospel
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Ordinances of the Gospel
• Ministry, Gospel
• Harmony of the Gospels
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CARM Theological Dictionary
• Synoptic Gospels
• Gospel
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Matthew, Gospel According to
• Mark, Gospel According to
• Luke, Gospel According to
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Matthew, the Gospel According to
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Luke, the Gospel According to
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Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Will of Man: Adverse to the Gospel
• Sermons: Must Have the Gospel in Them
• Invitations of the Gospel: the Sinnerã¬s Warrant
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Holman Bible Dictionary
• Matthew, the Gospel of
• Mark, the Gospel of
• Luke, Gospel of
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Twelve Apostles, Gospel of
• Matthew, Gospel According to
• Mark, Gospel According to
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Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Text of the Gospels
• Matthew, Gospel According to
• Mark, Gospel According to
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King James Dictionary
• Gospel
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Matthew, Gospel by
• Mark, Gospel by
• Luke, Gospel of
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Matthew, Gospel of Saint
• Mark, Gospel of Saint
• Luke, Gospel of Saint
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Gospel
People's Bible Dictionary
• Gospel
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Gospel
Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Gospel
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Gospel
• Gospel of St John
• Gospel of St Luke
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Apocryphal Gospels
• Apostles, Gospel of the Twelve
• Arabic Gospel of the Infancy
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Gospel
• John the Gospel of
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Barnabas, Gospel of.
• Bartholomews Gospel
• Egyptians, Gospel of
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Gospels
• John, the Gospel According to
• Mark, Gospel According to
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Gospel and Gospels
• Gospel in the Liturgy
• Gospel of Saint Luke
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Gospels, the Four
• John, the Gospel of
Lexicons
• ܐܶܘܰܢܓ݁ܶܠܺܝܳܘܢ
• ܣܒ݂ܰܪܬ݂ܳܐ
• εὐαγγελίζω
• εὐαγγέλιον
• προευαγγελίζομαι

The four canonical records of the Life of our Lord written by St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke and St. John. The first three are called the "Synoptic Gospels," because they all look at the events they describe from the same point of view; while the standpoint of St. John is quite different. His purpose was not to give the history of our Lord as did the other Evangelists, but to teach the mysteries arising out of that history. For example, St. John says nothing about the circumstances of our Lord's Birth, but he sets forth the mystery which those circumstances embraced,—the Incarnation of the Word, or eternal Son of God. For this reason, the Fourth Gospel is called by ancient writers a "Spiritual Gospel," because it contains less of historical narrative than the others and more of Doctrine.