All 12 Uses of
gospel
in
War and Peace
- Let us rather read the Epistles and Gospels.†
Chpt 1
- The book was the Gospel, and the white thing with the lamp inside was a human skull with its cavities and teeth.†
Chpt 5
- After reading the first words of the Gospel: "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God," Pierre went round the table and saw a large open box filled with something.†
Chpt 5
- A skull, a coffin, the Gospel—it seemed to him that he had expected all this and even more.†
Chpt 5
- And I awoke and found in my mind the text from the Gospel: "The life was the light of men.†
Chpt 6
- I write all this to you, dear friend, only to convince you of the Gospel truth which has become for me a principle of life: not a single hair of our heads will fall without His will.†
Chpt 6
- She consulted a Russian priest as to the possibility of divorce and remarriage during a husband's lifetime, and the priest told her that it was impossible, and to her delight showed her a text in the Gospel which (as it seemed to him) plainly forbids remarriage while the husband is alive.†
Chpt 11
- The Gospels.†
Chpt 11 *
- He remembered that he had now a new source of happiness and that this happiness had something to do with the Gospels.†
Chpt 11
- "You know," said Natasha, "you have read the Gospels a great deal—there is a passage in them that just fits Sonya."†
Chpt 15
- Though Countess Mary told Natasha that those words in the Gospel must be understood differently, yet looking at Sonya she agreed with Natasha's explanation.†
Chpt 15
- A Gospel Society!†
Chpt 15
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