Glossary Term
Risk: Medium- Approved rendering
- gospel
- Transliteration
- gospel
- Rejected alternatives
- good news (acceptable as an explanatory gloss, but should not fully replace 'gospel' since it loses the term's proclamatory weight)
Gospel
Comparatively stable: the idiom ‘gospel truth’ (meaning absolute, unquestionable truth) actually reinforces rather than undermines the word’s authoritative connotation. Main risk is that ‘the Gospels’ (the four New Testament books) can be confused with ‘the gospel’ (the message itself) by readers with limited church background.
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