Father George Fitzsimmons talked about evangelism. What interested me was the origin of the word. He said evangelists etymology is derived from the Greek.
Classical Greek euangelion meant "the reward of good tidings;" sense transferred in Christian use to the glad tidings themselves. In Late Latin, Greek eu- regularly was consonantized to ev- before vowels.
Doesn't it make sense that a Christian evangelist is someone who brings the good news that Jesus Christ loves us, and has saved us?
Classical Greek euangelion meant "the reward of good tidings;" sense transferred in Christian use to the glad tidings themselves. In Late Latin, Greek eu- regularly was consonantized to ev- before vowels.
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| Father George Fitzsimmons |
Doesn't it make sense that a Christian evangelist is someone who brings the good news that Jesus Christ loves us, and has saved us?
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