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Was Marian devotion commonplace among early Christians during the first centuries of Christianity? What about the first century AD? What about the second century AD?

There are a few related questions, such as What is the biblical and traditional support for the Catholic Marian devotion? and What support is there in the Patristic writings for Marian Devotion?, but none of the current answers cites sources from the first two centuries indicating widespread devotion.

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• Is there any evidence in the Roman catacombs that the Early Church had a devotion to the Virgin Mary?
• Is there any historical evidence that the early church believed in the doctrine of intercession of saints during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD?
• Are there any denominations that defend their doctrines by appealing to extra-biblical evidence from the 1st/2nd century of the early Church?

Was Marian devotion commonplace among early Christians during the first centuries of Christianity? What about the first century AD? What about the second century AD?

There are a few related questions, such as What is the biblical and traditional support for the Catholic Marian devotion? and What support is there in the Patristic writings for Marian Devotion?, but none of the current answers cites sources from the first two centuries indicating widespread devotion.

Related:

• Is there any evidence in the Roman catacombs that the Early Church had a devotion to the Virgin Mary?
• What is the biblical basis for Mary being given immense authority in heaven?
• Is there any historical evidence that the early church believed in the doctrine of intercession of saints during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD?
• Are there any denominations that defend their doctrines by appealing to extra-biblical evidence from the 1st/2nd century of the early Church?

Was Marian devotion commonplace among early Christians during the first centuries of Christianity? What about the first century AD? What about the second century AD?

There are a few related questions, such as What is the biblical and traditional support for the Catholic Marian devotion? and What support is there in the Patristic writings for Marian Devotion?, but none of the current answers cites sources from the first two centuries indicating widespread devotion.

Related:

• Is there any historical evidence that the early church believed in the doctrine of intercession of saints during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD?
• Are there any denominations that defend their doctrines by appealing to extra-biblical evidence from the 1st/2nd century of the early Church?

Was Marian devotion commonplace among early Christians during the first centuries of Christianity? What about the first century AD? What about the second century AD?

There are a few related questions, such as What is the biblical and traditional support for the Catholic Marian devotion? and What support is there in the Patristic writings for Marian Devotion?, but none of the current answers cites sources from the first two centuries indicating widespread devotion.

Related:

• Is there any evidence in the Roman catacombs that the Early Church had a devotion to the Virgin Mary?
• Is there any historical evidence that the early church believed in the doctrine of intercession of saints during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD?
• Are there any denominations that defend their doctrines by appealing to extra-biblical evidence from the 1st/2nd century of the early Church?

Was Marian devotion commonplace among early Christians during the first centuries of Christianity? What about the first century AD? What about the second century AD?

There are a few related questions, such as What is the biblical and traditional support for the Catholic Marian devotion? and What support is there in the Patristic writings for Marian Devotion?, but none of the current answers cite sources from the first two centuries indicating widespread devotion.

Related:

• Is there any historical evidence that the early church believed in the doctrine of intercession of saints during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD?
• Are there any denominations that defend their doctrines by appealing to extra-biblical evidence from the 1st/2nd century of the early Church?

Was Marian devotion commonplace among early Christians during the first centuries of Christianity? What about the first century AD? What about the second century AD?

There are a few related questions, such as What is the biblical and traditional support for the Catholic Marian devotion? and What support is there in the Patristic writings for Marian Devotion?, but none of the current answers cites sources from the first two centuries indicating widespread devotion.

Related:

• Is there any historical evidence that the early church believed in the doctrine of intercession of saints during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD?
• Are there any denominations that defend their doctrines by appealing to extra-biblical evidence from the 1st/2nd century of the early Church?