For he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
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Athanasius the Apostolic
AD 373
For if as the Prophet says, Blessed are they who have seed in Sion, and kinsfolk in Jerusalem, how great should bethe celebration of the divine and ever holy Virgin Mary, who was made according to the flesh, the Mother of the Word?