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To: ConservativeMind

Actually, if Papyrus 470 is as old as the 3rd century as some believe, the Marian prayer in it would be roughly contemporary with this scroll:

https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/MS-GREEK-P-00470/1


10 posted on 06/13/2026 9:32:12 AM PDT by Claud
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To: Claud; nwrep

That scrap you gave translates:

“Beneath your compassion, we take refuge, O Theotokos: do not despise our petitions in time of trouble, but rescue us from dangers, only pure, only blessed one.”

Theotokos = Mother of God

The silver item with the person buried in this article said nothing about Mary.

There is no parallel.


15 posted on 06/13/2026 10:01:12 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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