Both Uses of
gospel
in
Don Quixote
- If you speak of evil thoughts, turn to the Gospel: De corde exeunt cogitationes malae.†
Chpt 1.0 *
- …ointment from the alforjas; but when Don Quixote came to see his helmet shattered, he was like to lose his senses, and clapping his hand upon his sword and raising his eyes to heaven, be said, "I swear by the Creator of all things and the four Gospels in their fullest extent, to do as the great Marquis of Mantua did when he swore to avenge the death of his nephew Baldwin (and that was not to eat bread from a table-cloth, nor embrace his wife, and other points which, though I cannot now…†
Chpt 1.9-10
Definition:
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(gospel as in: gospel of the Bible) the religious teachings of Jesus
or:
one of the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that Christian's believe tell the story of Jesus Christ's life and teachings