Evangelion refers to

the gospel The gospel or good news is a theological concept in several religions. In the historical Roman imperial cult and today in Christianity, the gospel is a message about salvation by a divine figure, a savior, who has brought peace or other benefits ...

in Christianity, translated from the Greek word (, la, evangelium) meaning "Good News". Evangelion may also refer to: *

Gospel Gospel originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words an ...

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Gospel Book A Gospel Book, Evangelion, or Book of the Gospels (Greek: , ''Evangélion'') is a codex or bound volume containing one or more of the four Gospels of the Christian New Testament – normally all four – centering on the life of Jesus of Nazar ...

* In Manichaeism, a major text known as the Evangelion ( syc, ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ), also known as the

Gospel of Mani The ''Living Gospel'' (also ''Great Gospel'', ''Gospel of the Living'' and variants) was a 3rd-century gnostic gospel written by the Manichaean prophet Mani. It was originally written in Syriac and called the ''Evangelion'' ( syc, ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘ ...

Nestorian Evangelion The Nestorian Evangelion (, also known as Life of Jesus Christ' Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS syr. 344) is a 16th-century Church of the East gospel book which contains 18 illustrations depicting the life of Jesus Christ, with capt ...

, an illustrated gospel book belonging to the

Church of the East The Church of the East ( syc, ܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ, ''ʿĒḏtā d-Maḏenḥā'') or the East Syriac Church, also called the Church of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, the Persian Church, the Assyrian Church, the Babylonian Church or the Nestorian C ...

, also known as ('Life of Jesus Christ')

Arts and entertainment

* ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' (franchise), a media franchise ** ''

Neon Genesis Evangelion , also known simply as ''Evangelion'' or ''Eva'', is a Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Gainax and animated by Tatsunoko, directed by Hideaki Anno and broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 1995 to March 1996. ''Evangelion' ...

'', an anime television series ** ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' (manga), a manga based partially on the anime ** ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' (video game), a video game based on the anime and the film ''The End of Evangelion'' ** ''

Rebuild of Evangelion ''Rebuild of Evangelion'', known in Japan and on Amazon Prime Video as , is a Japanese animated film series and a retelling of the original ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' anime television series, produced by Studio Khara. Hideaki Anno served as ...

'', a series of animated films that retell the events of the anime in a new way and provides a different conclusion to the events of the series **

Evangelion (mecha) The , also referred to as Evas, are fictional biorobotics, biomechanical humanoid mechas introduced in the anime television series ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'', produced by Gainax studio and directed by Hideaki Anno, and in the manga of Neon Genes ...

, cyborgs that appear in the anime * ''Evangelion'' (album), a 2009 studio album by Polish blackened death metal band Behemoth

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