Nor does the tradition of the first three centuries know such worship
Not only is there deep silence about these things in the writings of the New Testament; nothing of the kind can be extracted from the church's tradition of the first three centuries either.
There were many distinguished Christian writers in that period whose works survive and are in people's hands: among the Latins, Tertullian, Cyprian, Lactantius, and Arnobius; among the Greeks, Justin, Athenagoras, Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, Origen, and many others. Nowhere in them do we read that any worship like that of the present Roman Church was once given, or is now to be given, to angels and dead saints. On the contrary, many quite obvious signs point the other way.
Latin
LX. Neque solum altum est de rebus istis silentium in scriptis Novi Testamenti, sed nec ex Ecclesiastica trium primorum saeculorum traditione simile quid exsculpi potest. Non pauci fuerunt illustres per istud tempus apud Christianos scriptores, quorum monumenta supersunt, & qui in manibus hominum versantur. Quales apud Latinos Tertullianus, Cyprianus, Lactantius, & Arnobius; & apud Graecos Justinus, Athenagoras, Irenaeus, Clemens Alexandrinus, Origenes & alii complures: apud quos nullibi legitur cultum aliquem hodierno in Ecclesia Romana similem, Angelis & Sanctis mortuis, vel exhibitum olim, vel jam exhibendum esse: contrarium vero multis & manifestis admodum indiciis colligitur.