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#24 Marian Sect Writings

A third category of pseudepigrapha writings seems to be writings akin to the mythologies ascribed to gods and goddesses of the previous cults of the pagan world. We must bear in mind that during the first to fourth century AD every city of the Roman Empire had its temple dedicated to a Greek or RomanContinue reading “#24 Marian Sect Writings”

#15 History of the Veneration of Mary

Early sources describing Mary’s death in Jerusalem include: De Orbitu S.Dominae, Transitus Mariae and Liber Requiei Mariae. Authorship of the prototype of these writings has been ascribed to Leucius Charinus a disciple of the apostle John. The writings dating from the 2nd century appear to be liturgies used at the Tomb of Our Lady. Devotion to Mary started by theContinue reading “#15 History of the Veneration of Mary”