1 jan 155 ano - The cult of Mary

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The initial stages of Mary (the mother of Jesus) being elevated, what will eventually becomes the cult of Mary.
> The Infancy Gospel of James (140-170 CE): Mary's miraculous childhood, the apocalyptic circumstances surrounding Jesus’ birth, and her perpetual virginity. This narrative had a profound influence on the presentation of Mary in both Catholicism and Islam.
> Other references to the perpetual virginity appear in the coming decades. (Tertullian denies it)
> The Virgin Mother receiving to her the souls of martyrs who had at first recanted Christ, but then turned back.
> Repeated claim that it was actually Mary who was of the house of David (in Jesus' genealogy)
> The Inscription of Abercius contains an obscure metaphor to Mary's virginal status

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