evangel vs good news

evangel

noun
  • The Christian gospel. 

  • A salutary principle relating to morals, politics, etc. 

  • An evangelist. 

good news

noun
  • The message of Jesus concerning the salvation of the faithful (as elaborated in the Gospels) 

  • Something or someone pleasant, fortunate, or otherwise positive. 

How often have the words evangel and good news occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )