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050		0	_aBT645 _b.S53 2017
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100	1		_aShoemaker, Stephen J., _d1968- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aMary in early Christian faith and devotion / _cStephen J. Shoemaker.
300			_a1 online resource.
500			_aPreviously issued in print: 2016.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520	8		_aHere, a historian of Christianity explores the full story of the emergence and development of the Marian cult in the early Christian centuries. The means by which Mary, mother of Jesus, came to prominence have long remained strangely overlooked despite, or perhaps because of, her centrality in Christian devotion. Gathering together fresh information from often neglected sources, including early liturgical texts and Dormition and Assumption apocrypha, Stephen Shoemaker reveals that Marian devotion played a far more vital role in the development of early Christian belief and practice than has been previously recognized, finding evidence that dates back to the latter half of the second century.
521			_aSpecialized.
600	0	0	_aMary, _cBlessed Virgin, Saint _xCult.
650		0	_aChurch history _yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
776	0	8	_iPrint version : _z9780300217216.
856	4	0	_uhttp://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300217216.001.0001 _zConnect to e-book
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