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Mariology: see Mary Mary, in the Bible, mother of Jesus. Christian tradition reckons her the principal saint, naming her variously the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady, and Mother of God (Gr., theotokos). Her name is the Hebrew Miriam. ..... Click the link for more information. . MariologyStudy of doctrines concerning Mary, the mother of Jesus, or the content of those doctrines. The New Testament contains little information about Mary, though the tradition that she remained a virgin despite giving birth to Jesus was accepted in the early church. Various feast days in her honour were established in both the Eastern and Western liturgical traditions, and she became an especially important figure in Roman Catholicism. Pius IX proclaimed the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception in 1854. Mary is seen as the spiritual mother and heavenly intercessor of every Catholic and as a partner with Jesus in the redemption of human beings. In 1950 Pius XII proclaimed the doctrine that at her death Mary was bodily assumed into heaven. |
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The conversation begins with citations from Scripture, then moves to a discussion of the development of doctrine and the growth of Mariology in the West. In its first section the present volume also engages in examining the biblical matrix of any sound mariology. The above passage, known in Catholic Mariology as the protoevangelium, has been taken to be a foreshadowing of what was to be Mary's role as co-redemptrix in God's salvific plan. |
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