gospel

福音書

イエスの生涯と教えを記した、聖書にある四つの書の一つ。

やさしい英語で： One of the Bible’s four books about Jesus’s life and teaching.

• We read a gospel at church.
• The Gospel of Mark describes many of Jesus’s journeys.
• The four gospels tell the story in different ways.

よく使う表現： gospel of John, gospel reading, four gospel accounts

ゴスペル

集団で感情豊かに歌うことの多い、キリスト教の宗教音楽。

やさしい英語で： Christian religious music, often sung with strong feeling by a group of singers.

• She loves gospel music.
• The choir sang gospel at the concert.
• His latest album combines gospel and jazz.

よく使う表現： gospel music, gospel singer, gospel choir

絶対的な真実

完全に正しく、疑う余地がないと受け入れられること。

やさしい英語で： Something accepted as completely true and beyond doubt.

• His opinion is not gospel.
• We took her advice as gospel.
• Do you accept everything online as gospel truth?

使い方： take something as gospel (Do not take every rumor as gospel.)

類義語： absolute truth

よく使う表現： take as gospel, gospel truth, accept as gospel

教え

人々の暮らしをよくする大切な助言として伝えられる教え。

やさしい英語で： A message presented as important advice that will improve people’s lives.

• She spread the gospel of healthy eating.
• His gospel of hard work appealed to young business owners.
• They preached a new gospel of cooperation.

使い方： the gospel of something (He promoted the gospel of simple living.)

類義語： message, doctrine

よく使う表現： gospel of peace, preach the gospel, spread the gospel