Word: epiphanius
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Dates: during 1927-1927
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...catacombs, hunted and persecuted Christians scrawled pictures of the Virgin on the walls (150 A. D.,); it began truly to flourish in the Eastern Church about the 6th Century A. D.?? But it met with continued rebuke, as when the Collyridians were denounced by St. Epiphanius for making sacrificial offerings of cakes to Mary. He said: "Let Mary be held in honor. Let the Father, Son and Holy Ghost be adored, but let no one adore Mary." From 500 A. D. on she appeared increasingly in Christian art; many cathedrals were erected under her dedication...
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