Ramsay as reasoning that in “the 5th cent. the honour paid to the Virgin Mary at Ephesus was [a renewed] form of the old pagan Anatolian worship of the Virgin Mother. ”
Ramsay põhjendust, et „Neitsi Maarjale 5. saj. Efesoses osutatud au oli vana paganliku Anatoolia Neitsiliku Ema kummardamise [uuendatud] vorm ”.