That's three hundred years from the time of the Apostles. That's a substantial gap in time.
It comes down to this...the Roman Catholic worship of Mary is not found in nor sanctioned by what is witnessed to in the New Testament.
It is a later development of Roman Catholicism.....not New Testament Christianity.
>>"However there are other candidates as well. Joseph, Zacharias, Elizabeth..."<<
None of whom pre-date Mary.
And again you speculate based on your Roman Catholic bias.
Yeah, and the 1100 year gap between those writings and the earliest Protestant thought is a lot bigger.
"It comes down to this...the Roman Catholic worship of Mary is not found in nor sanctioned by what is witnessed to in the New Testament."
Roman Catholics do not "worship" Mary. I've already given you the 1600 year old doctrine proving that.
And the first "Protestant" (i.e. Martin Luther) accepted RC "mariology" as legitimate.
"And again you speculate based on your Roman Catholic bias"
So, from your Protestant Bible, show me ANY earlier Christian witness. There are none. Mary was Christian from her first "let it be done to me according to thy Word".