Church Plant Symbolism of the Blessed Virgin Mary : University of Dayton, Ohio
Church Plant Symbolism of the Blessed Virgin Mary In the prevailing culture of Greece and Rome at the time of Christ, and of the beginning Church, flowers and all nature were seen as inhabited by polytheistic false gods and goddesses: Jupiter, Venus, Diana, Pan, Daphne, Adonis, etc. As one writer put it, "All the gods had their temples in nature, except the one true God." These deities were venerated and petitioned through offerings presented before their images at public and also household altars, as found, for example, in the homes excavated at Pompeii. The Roman Martyrs, including two patr...
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