Athanasius' words show that the mind and heart of the Church were always focused on Mary

Devotion to, and love for the Holy Mother of God is not a Catholic novelty. St. Athanasius makes clear that the mind and heart of the Church were always steadfastly focused on Mary the mother of God from the earliest days of Christianity.

Devotion to, and love for the Holy Mother of God is not a Catholic novelty. St. Athanasius makes clear that the mind and heart of the Church were always steadfastly focused on Mary the mother of God from the earliest days of Christianity. Mary was no ordinary woman! She was not merely a tool but a sort of partaker in God’s plan for our salvation in Jesu…