The cult of mary was actualy born out of a legitamate desire for people to grow closer to Christ. Although these people could not read they wanted to be able to pray the litany of the hours.
Since nothing you said actually addresses the poser I presented, I will present it again.
If there is anything about it you do not understand, please ask, and I'll clarify it for you.
So, tell us something, why is it that the Apostles, nor any of the early church fathers ever taught a single thing about the dogmas of the immaculate conception and assumption of Mary, and that those teachings did not appear anywhere until taught by the heretical cult of the Gnostics?
You see, Rome used to claim that it's dogmas were what was taught uniformly, everywhere in the early church, that is what Rome meant at Trent and Vatican I by saying that it's teachings were by "unanimous consent of the fathers", which had at that time been what Rome defined as "tradition".
However, the marian dogmas of the immaculate conception and assumption were never, ever taught by the Apostles or by any of the early church fathers.
So, on what basis did Rome declare those marian dogmas?
Well?
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