Epiphanius of Salamis, the Kollyridians, and the Early Dormition Narratives: The Cult of the Virgin in the Fourth Century

The so-called Kollyridians of Epiphanius’s Panarion are commonly regarded in modern scholarship as a group of Christian goddess worshipers who believed in the Virgin Mary’s divinity. Yet a careful reading of Epiphanius’s account, with close attention to his rhetoric, suggests instead that the Kollyr...

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Main Author: Shoemaker, Stephen J. (Author)
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Published: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 2008
In: Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2008, Volume: 16, Issue: 3, Pages: 371-401
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