religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing - writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity

Gospel According to Matthew, Matthew - one of the Gospels in the New Testament; includes the Sermon on the Mount

Gospel According to Mark, Mark - the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament

Gospel According to Luke, Gospel of Luke, Luke - one of the four Gospels in the New Testament; contains details of Jesus's birth and early life

Gospel According to John, John - the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament

New Testament - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other Epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible

Word of God - the message of the gospel of Christ

true statement, truth - a true statement; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it"

a capella singing, a cappella singing - singing without instrumental accompaniment

ethnic music, folk music, folk - the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community

doo-wop - a genre (usually a capella) of Black vocal-harmony music of the 1950s that evolved in New York City from gospel singing; characterized by close four-part harmonies; the name derived from some of the nonsense syllables sung by the back-up vocalists

soul - a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement"

doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

confession - a document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)

ahimsa - a Buddhist and Hindu and especially Jainist doctrine holding that all forms of life are sacred and urging the avoidance of violence

dogma, tenet - a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

ecumenicalism, ecumenicism, ecumenism - (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity

Immaculate Conception - (Christianity) the Roman Catholic doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived without any stain of original sin

Incarnation - (Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ

Nicene Creed - (Christianity) a formal creed summarizing Christian beliefs; first adopted in 325 and later expanded

real presence - (Christianity) the Christian doctrine that the body of Christ is actually present in the Eucharist

doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school