gospel的词源

英文词源

gospel

gospel: [OE] Etymologically, gospel is ‘good news’. It was coined in Old English as gōdspel, a compound of gōd ‘good’ and spel ‘discourse, tidings, news’ (the same word as the modern English magic spell), which was a direct translation of Latin bona annuntiatio. This in turn was a literal interpretation or gloss of ecclesiastical Latin evangelium (whence English evangelist) and its source, Greek euaggélion, which originally meant ‘reward for bringing good news’, but in its later sense ‘good news’ tout court was applied to any of the four accounts of Christ’s life written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
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gospel (n.)

Old English godspel "glad tidings announced by Jesus; one of the four gospels," literally "good spell," from god "good" (see good (adj.)) + spel "story, message" (see spell (n.1)). A translation of Latin bona adnuntiatio, itself a translation of Greek euangelion "reward for bringing good news" (see evangel). The first element of the Old English word originally had a long "o," but it shifted under mistaken association with God, as if "God-story" (i.e. the history of Christ).

The mistake was very natural, as the resulting sense was much more obviously appropriate than that of 'good tidings' for a word which was chiefly known as the name of a sacred book or of a portion of the liturgy. [OED]

The word passed early from English to continental Germanic languages in forms that clearly indicate the first element had shifted to "God," such as Old Saxon godspell, Old High German gotspell, Old Norse goðspiall. Used of anything as true as the Gospel from mid-13c.; as "any doctrine maintained as of exclusive importance" from 1650s. As an adjective from 1640s. Gospel music is by 1955. Gospel-gossip was Addison's word ("Spectator," 1711) for "one who is always talking of sermons, texts, etc."

中文词源

gospel（福音）：极好的消息

“福音”本是一个基督教的术语，指耶稣的言论及其门徒们传播的教义。在拉丁文中，福音叫做euangelium。其中，eu是“好”的意思，如eugenics（优生学）、eulogize（赞美）、euphemism （委婉的词语）；angelium是“消息”的意思，天使angel与其同源。

基督教传入英国后，英国人将拉丁文euangelium意译为古英语单词godspell，其中，god等于good（好），spell表示消息、信息。后来，godspell的拼写逐渐演变成了现代英语中的gospel。

gospel一词现在已经逐渐走出宗教领域，应用于更多场景，用来表示任何主义、信条。

gospel：n.福音，真理，信条adj.福音的，传播福音的

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gospel：福音

来自good spell的缩写。spell, 符咒，音讯。

gospel：福音　　

这是公元597年基督教传入英国以后才出现的一个基督教术语。古英语作godspell，由god和spell组合而戚。god原义为good，而spell原意为tidings，故gospel原指“好消息”。其实这个词是从拉丁语bona adnuntiatio或bonusnuntius移译过来的。gospel通译为“福音”，指耶稣所说的话及其门徒所传布的教义。