protevangeln.
/ˌprəʊtɪˈvan(d)ʒ(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌproʊdiˈvændʒ(ə)l/, /ˌproʊdəˈvændʒ(ə)l/ Christian Church.
1. = Protevangelium n. 1.
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1856 C. J. Ellicott Apocryphal Gospels in Cambr. Ess. 185 The festivals of the Presentation of the Virgin, and of her Immaculate Conception, are probably due to the traditions of the Protevangel of St James.
1862 J. J. Reed Outl. Universal Hist. i. 147/2 There were many others [sc. gospels] in circulation, whose date, origin, and authenticity are apocryphal (doubtful), viz...the Protevangel of St. James.
1935 Art. Bull. 17 477 The Protevangel of James is the most familiar [of the Gospels of the Infancy] to European students.
1970 Folklore 81 53 The apocryphal Protevangel of St James says that Mary submitted herself to this trial when she was found with child.
1996 Washington Times (Nexis) 27 Oct. b6 Only Matthew and Luke report any virgin birth, and her biography, such as it exists, is found largely in the apocryphal Protevangel of James.
2. = Protevangelium n. 2.
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1867 W. G. Ward in Dublin Rev. New Ser. 8 438 Let us see the extraordinary significance of the manner in which this great Protevangel points to Mary.
1873 A. R. Fausset in Comm. Old & New Test. I. 635/2 The seed of the serpent, according to the Protevangel in Paradise (Genesis 3).
1882 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. I. 503 The grace under which the patriarchal protevangel manifested itself.
1917 J. V. Bartlet & A. J. Carlyle Christianity in Hist. i. i. 8 The renovated form of the Covenant..which rested upon the promise in the primæval revelation and in the protevangel which followed on human sin.
1996 L. Berkhof Systematic Theol. 294 The prophecy of redemption is still impersonal in the protevangel, but it is nevertheless a Messianic prophecy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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