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Excerpt from Marie M�re de Dieu
La v�n�ration de la M�re de Dieu est un �l�ment essentiel dans la pi�t� du christianisme primitif. Aussi l'art chr�tien y a-t-il trouv�, d�s ses d�buts, un de ses th�mes de pr�dilection: les images de la Vierge apparaissent tr�s t�t, et deviendront presque aussi abondantes que celles du Christ lui-m�me. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
