In the Secret Apocrypha about the Departure of the Theotokos, Adam and Eve cry out to Mary, stating that she delivered them from the penalty of their disobedience in Eden.
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“A Unique Early Dormition Fragment in Georgian: A Reading from the Secret Apocrypha about the Departure of the Theotokos,” in The Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin Mary (trans. Stephen J. Shoemaker; Apocryphes: Collection De Poche De L’Aelac 17; Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2023), 285-86
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17. . . . in the mystical support and reclining in spiritual marriage. 18. Therefore they stood up and went to the ministers of the word and the eyewitnesses in order to serve his holy mother, as worthy of service and a revered treasure. But lest anyone is lacking in zeal for singing praise to God and honoring his mother, then Adam and Eve cried out and said, “O you daughter, you are worth of blessing, for you delivered us from the penalty for our disobedience. Behold, you truly are blessed, you, worthy of every blessing.”
19. O Mother of the merciful God, I understand many such words that the apostles spoke to the virgin in the company of the entire assembly. But when they saw her going forth form this world eagerly and willingly, they changed their words to praise the departure, and they spoke by receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit. And in order to fulfill the debt of the law, they plaited a crown of praise from many-colored flowers. 20. Then they received a blessing given by God. And at that time the King of his Glory came, and her pure soul was received in his divine hands.
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