The Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Four Gospels

The word Gospel comes from the Greek euangelion, meaning good or joyful tidings; it carries the sense of a royal proclamation of good news, the herald announcing the victory and accession of the King: “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good tidings, who publishes peace… who says to Zion, ‘Your God reigns!’” (Isa 52:7; cf. Mrk 1:1, “the beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God”; see Q345).