👉 A protogospel is a religious text that was written by Jesus Christ or one of his disciples, before it became fully canonized and recognized as an authoritative scripture by the Christian church. Protogospels often contain stories from the life of Jesus in the Gospels, but with a different narrative structure than those found in the New Testament. Protogospel texts are typically less elaborate and detailed than the New Testament, and they may not have been written down for centuries or even decades before their canonization