Sub tuum praesidium

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Liturgical text3rd–4th c.

In Jewish Roots of Mary

Who

The oldest known prayer to Mary, found on an Egyptian papyrus and still prayed today ('We fly to thy protection'). Pitre cites it as evidence that Christians asked for Mary's intercession, under the title Mother of God, before the Council of Ephesus. He does not name it; he quotes it as an anonymous Christian prayer.

Quoted works

Papyrus prayer — 'We take refuge in your mercy, Mother of God (Theotokos). Do not disregard our prayers in troubling times…' (pp 85, 157)

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Argument'Pray for one another' — why stop in heaven? and the earliest recorded prayers to MaryJewish Roots
(p 85)
ArgumentHow Mary becomes Mother of the Church — Ambrose, Vatican II and the New RachelJewish Roots
the third-century prayer (p 157)
ArgumentA maternal intercessor in heaven — the third-century prayer, Lumen Gentium 62, and Neusner's 'if Rachel, then why not Mary?'Jewish Roots
(p 157)

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PassageSub tuum praesidium — the prayerJewish Roots
'We take refuge in your mercy, Mother of God (Theotokos). Do not disregard our prayers in troubling times…' (pp 85, 157)

Verses discussed · 2

VerseLuke 1:43Jewish Roots
VerseJames 5:16Jewish Roots

Referenced by · 1

AuthoritySozomenJewish Roots

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