The Early Christians & Scripture on Mary:
DEVOTION TO OUR LADY IS NECESSARY FOR SALVATION
Even as Eve, having become disobedient, was made the cause of death both to herself and to the entire human race so also did Mary, by being obedient, become the cause of salvation both to herself and to the whole human race. And therefore, as the human race was made subject to death by a virgin, so is it saved by a virgin. St Irenaeus of Lyons (202 A.D)
THOSE DEVOTED TO OUR LADY SHALL OBTAIN SALVATION
In the multitude of the Elect she shall have praise, and among the blessed she shall be blessed. Ecclesiasticus 24.4
Her children rose up and called her blessed. Proverbs 31:28
For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed ... who are born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of man, A of God. St Luke 1:48, St. John 1:13
O Mary, thou art blessed among women, for thou hast brought forth life for both men and women! St. Augustine (354 – 430 A.D.)
Although in the most pure womb of Mary there was but one kernel of grain, Jesus Christ, nevertheless, her womb is called a “heap of wheat” (Cant. 7:2) because all the Elect were virtually contained in it. St. Ambrose (337 – 397 A.D.)
However great a sinner may have been, if he shows himself devout to Mary he will never perish. St Hilary of Poitiers (300-368 A.D.)
He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost. St. Ignatius of Antioch (35 – 117 A.D)
0 Mother of God! If I place my confidence in thee, I shall be saved; if I am under thy protection, I have nothing to fear; for being thy client is a certainty of salvation which God grants only to those whom He intends to save. St. John Damascene (676 –749 A.D.)
THOSE WHO REFUSE TO HONOR OUR LADY WILL BE LOST
He who angers His Mother is cursed by God. Ecclesiasticus 3:18
If you would enter into Life, keep the commandments ... Honor thy father and thy mother. St Matthew 19:17,19
Behold thy Mother! St. John 19:27
There is a generation that does not bless their Mother, a generation pure in their own eyes and yet not washed from their filthiness. Proverbs 30.11-12