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 https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/18099/50422 and https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/18182/50422, but none of the current answers cite sources from the first two centuries indicating widespread devotion. ____ Related: - https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/80680/50422 - https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/83791/50422