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‖ Protevangelium|prəʊtˌɛvænˈdʒɛlɪəm|
Also (after Gr.) -ion.
[mod.L., f. Gr. πρῶτ-ος first, primitive (see proto- 1) + L. evangelium: see evangely.]
A primitive or original gospel.
1. Name of an apocryphal gospel, attributed to St. James the Less.
1715Proto-Evangelion [see pseudepigraphal]. 1851Longfellow Gold. Leg. iii. Nativity Introitus 11 The Nativity of our Lord, As written in the old record Of the Protevangelion.
2. Applied to the promise concerning the seed of the woman implied in the curse upon the serpent (Gen. iii. 15), regarded as the earliest utterance of the gospel. (In quot. 1892 in extended sense.)
1874H. R. Reynolds John Bapt. ii. 113 Going right back to the protevangelium uttered in paradise. 1892Westcott Gospel of Life 186 The whole narrative of the Creation and the Fall, and not one isolated verse, contains, when rightly apprehended, the real Protevangelium, the primitive Gospel of the world.
So proteˈvangelist, a first or original evangelist or bringer of good tidings.
1864Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xvi. viii. IV. 371 note, The true protevangelist of the thing. |