Primitive Christian Worship / Or, The Evidence of Holy Scripture and the Church, Against the Invocation of Saints and Angels, and the Blessed Virgin Mary
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The author examines the theological and historical evidence bearing on the practice of invoking saints, angels, and the Virgin Mary, arguing against that devotion by canvassing passages of Scripture and the writings of early Church authors up to and around the Nicene period. He confines the inquiry to a single question, excluding collateral topics such as prayers for the dead, and treats the Assumption only where later writers are relevant. Presented as a measured address to Roman Catholic readers, the work combines textual exegesis, patristic analysis, and a temperate apologetic aim, urging candid review and charitable debate rather than polemical invective.
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