marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause
of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament
relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels; "evangelical Christianity"; "an ultraconservative evangelical message"
not counterfeit or copied; "an authentic signature"; "a bona fide manuscript"; "an unquestionable antique"; "photographs taken in a veritable bull ring"
conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief; "an authentic account by an eyewitness"; "reliable information"