Protevangelium, a very old apocryphal gospel attributed to James, the brother of the Lord (see APOCYPHA); also used of a primitive gospel (Ger. Ur-evangelium), from which it has been held several of our gospels were derived. See GOSPEL.
Protevangelium
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 450
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