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Please show where devotion to Mary was practiced by the Ante-Nicene church fathers. Thanks

4 posted on 10/09/2007 2:15:56 PM PDT by Augustinian monk (Peace if possible, truth at all costs- Martin Luther)

To: Augustinian monk

5 posted on 10/09/2007 2:21:45 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))

To: Augustinian monk

10 posted on 10/09/2007 2:46:34 PM PDT by Mad Dawg (Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)

To: Augustinian monk; Kolokotronis

"Please show where devotion to Mary was practiced by the Ante-Nicene church fathers. Thanks.

Ah! You've located one of my areas of ignorance: I know little about the Ante-Nicene Fathers. If I were researching this question, though, I'll tell you one of the first places I'd look: Mary Through the Centuries: Her Place in the History of Culture, by Jaroslav Peliken.

That, and studies of the earliest liturgical hymns; and books on the catacombs, which are full of devotional clues of various kinds. I do know there are inscriptions like "Beata Maria semper virgine, ora pro nobis."

I know some of the Greek Marian hymns are very ancient. Kolokotronis, can you help us out?

17 posted on 10/09/2007 4:13:43 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Cordially.)

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