The Epitaph of Abercius and Mary: the oldest Marian epigraphic testimony
Abercius of Hierapolis, bishop of Roman Phrygia in the second half of the second century, holds a singular place in the history of Marian…
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Melito of Sardis and Mary: The Peri Pascha and the Virgin in Second-Century Theology
Melito of Sardis, bishop of ancient Sardis in Lydia, who died around the year 190 A.D., occupies a singular place in the history of Marian…
Pistis Sophia and Mary: Third-Century Gnosticism and the Divine Motherhood
The Pistis Sophia is one of the most extensive and most disturbing Gnostic texts of apocryphal Christian literature. Probably written in the…
Our Lady of Lourdes: The 18 Apparitions, Bernadette, and the Mariological Meaning
On February 11, 1858, in the grotto of Massabielle, beside the Gave River, in Lourdes, a fourteen-year-old girl named Bernadette Soubirous…
Sibylline Oracles and Mary: Pagan Prophecy in the Service of the Christian Faith
The Sibylline Oracles are a collection of Jewish-Christian prophetic texts that circulated in the first centuries of the Christian era under…
Hegesippus and Mary: The Historical Witness Against the Gnosticism of the Second Century
Hegesippus is a second-century Christian theologian whose fragments have come down to us through Eusebius of Caesarea. In the seventh episode…
Saint Justin Martyr and Mary: the Eve-Mary parallel in the apologetics of the second century
Saint Justin Martyr is the first to formulate explicitly the Eve-Mary parallel in Christian literature. In the sixth episode of the Mariology…
Aristides of Athens and Mary: the Hebrew Virgin in the earliest Christian apologetics
Aristides of Athens is the most ancient Christian apologist of whom there is substantial written record. In the fifth episode of the Mariology…
Ignatius of Antioch and Mary: The First Father of the Church and the Nascent Marian Doctrine
Ignatius of Antioch is one of the first Fathers of the Church and one of the first Christian witnesses to mention Mary within the mystery of…
Mary in the Apostles’ Creed: Christ, faith, and the presence of the Virgin
The Apostles’ Creed is the most ancient profession of faith of the Christian Church, and in it Mary occupies a place that is not accidental.…
The Presentation of the Lord: History, Mariology, and Liturgical Tradition
The Presentation of the Lord is celebrated on February 2 and is one of the oldest feasts in the Christian liturgical calendar. In the second…
Mariology podcast: the science, the method, and the three central arguments
The Mariology podcast is born as a service to the Portuguese-speaking Church, responding to a widely identified need: the absence of…
The Five Blockages That Hold Life Back: Psychology, Spirituality, and Divine Mercy
“Ego veni ut vitam habeant et abundantius habeant” (Jn 10:10) I. The Five Blockages: The Question and the Action of the Adversary Human…
Qui diligit me, sermónem meum servábitat: Mary and the Word That Dwells
Mary keeps the Word of Christ in a fully singular way. Explore the relationship between love, divine indwelling, and the Marian fiat as the…
Si mundus vos odit: Mary and Witness in Persecution
Mary witnessed the hatred of the world at the foot of the cross. Discover how her example illumines the persecuted Christian in the light of Jn…
Mary Mediatrix: the mediation subordinate to the one mediation of Christ
Mary Mediatrix carries out a role that is subordinate to the one mediation of Christ. In-depth Marian theology in the light of Scripture and…
Manete in dilectione mea: Mary and the Dwelling in the Love of Christ
Mary dwells fully in the love of Christ, the living model of the Manete in dilectione mea. Deepen this contemplative dwelling in Marian theology.
Sedes Sapientiae: Mary as the throne of eternal wisdom
Mary as Sedes Sapientiae embodies the throne of eternal wisdom. Explore the Mariological depth of this title through Scripture and Tradition.
Ego sum vitis vera: Mary and the Branch That Bears Fruit
Mary as the fruitful branch on the true vine. Explore the Mariological theology of the Johannine discourse and its profound contemplative resonance.
The Virgin Mary, chosen lineage of Israel
The Virgin Mary, as the chosen lineage of Israel, fulfills the promise made to Abraham. Explore the Mariological depth of the Magnificat and of…
Pacem relinquo vobis: Mary and the peace the world cannot give
Mary and the peace the world cannot give: a Mariological reflection on Jn 14:27 and the unique gift of Christ's peace. Let us deepen this…
Paraclitus docebit vos omnia: Mary and the Spirit who will teach all things
Mary and the Holy Spirit who teaches all things: a reflection on Jn 14:26 and Mary's role in the action of the Paraclete. Deepen this…
Ever Virgin (Aeiparthenos): the perpetual virginity of Mary
Explore the doctrine of the perpetual virginity of Mary, defined in the tradition as Aeiparthenos. Delve deeper into this central theological…
I am the way: Acts 6, 1 Pet 2, and the way to the truth and the life in Jn 14
Explore how Christ reveals Himself as way, truth, and life in Jn 14, read with Acts 6 and 1 Pet 2, on the fifth Sunday of Easter of Year A.…
Ego sum via, veritas et vita: Mary and the Way That Leads to the Father
Mary as the way that leads to the Father in Christ. Explore the relationship between Marian mediation and the words of Jesus in Jn 14:6. Deepen…
The Servant Is Not Greater Than His Lord: Mary and the Service That Exalts
Mary serves without ever surpassing the Lord who sends her. In this Mariological study, service is revealed as a path to exaltation. Explore…
Qui credit in me: Mary and the Faith That Illumines the World
Mary, model of the faith that illumines the world through her total adherence to Christ. Deepen the Mariological reflection on “qui credit in…
Ego et pater unum sumus: Mary and the Unity of the Son with the Father
Discover how Jn 10:30 grounds Trinitarian doctrine, the title Theotokos, and Mary’s divine motherhood in the life of the Church. Explore this…
Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, apostle of true devotion.
Apostle of true Marian devotion, Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort leads to total consecration to Mary. Delve deeper into this path of…
Ego sum ostium: Mary and the gate that opens to life
A meditation on Mary as Gate of Heaven in the light of Jn 10:9, of the Annunciation, and of the patristic tradition. Let us deepen this…
Our Lady of Hrushiv, the Ukrainian apparitions of 1987
Apparitions of Our Lady of Hrushiv in 1987, in Ukraine, with messages of conversion. Learn about the visionary Marina Kizyń and the spiritual…
What angels are like according to the Bible: their real appearance
Discover what angels are like in the Bible: seraphim, cherubim, Gabriel, and Michael. The biblical image surpasses the artistic representation.…
Holy Maculate, what it means and the difference from the Immaculate.
Holy maculate or Immaculate: what is the difference? Understand the dogma of the Immaculate Conception and the meaning of kecharitôménē.…
Mary, the 2024 film about Mary, the mother of Jesus: a Mariological analysis
A Mariological analysis of Netflix's film Mary (2024): biblical fidelity, cinematic tradition, and the figure of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Go…
Mary in the Old Testament, the prefigurations of the Virgin in the Hebrew Scriptures
Explore the prefigurations of Mary in the Old Testament: from the Protoevangelium to the Marian types in Eve, Judith, and the Ark of the…
Salve Regina, origin, history, and theology of the Marian antiphon
Origin, history, and theology of the Salve Regina antiphon: disputed authorship, the Latin text with commentary, and liturgical use since the…
John 19:27, “Behold your Mother”: explanation and Mariology
Analysis of John 19:27 and the meaning of “Behold your Mother”: Mary’s spiritual motherhood, the typology of the New Eve, and…
The Admirable Heart of Mary, Saint John Eudes and devotion to the Heart of Mary
Saint John Eudes and the Admirable Heart of Mary: twelve volumes; Lk 2:19-51, Fatima 1917 and the consecration of 1984. Let us delve deeper…
Marian iconography, the representation of Mary in Christian art
Explore Marian iconography from the second-century catacombs to the Byzantine types and the doctrine of Nicaea II on the legitimacy of sacred…
Luke 2:22-40, the Presentation of Jesus and the Purification of Mary
Presentation of Jesus in the Temple and Purification of Mary in Lk 2:22-40: Simeon, the Nunc Dimittis and the sword in the soul. Delve deeper…
Gate of Heaven, Janua Caeli: Mary as the gate of salvation
Janua Caeli, Gate of Heaven: discover the Mariological meaning of this title, between Scripture, the Litany of Loreto, and the singular…
Our Lady of the Angels, the Portiuncula and Franciscan devotion
Discover the Franciscan devotion to Our Lady of the Angels, the history of the Portiuncula of Assisi and the indulgence of August 2. Delve…
Marian antiphons: the four antiphons of the Liturgy of the Hours.
Discover the four Marian antiphons of the Liturgy of the Hours, their history, the Latin text and their theological meaning in each chant that…
Grace in Greek, χάρις (charis), κεχαριτωμένη (kecharitôménē) and the theology of grace
Kecharitōménē in Luke 1:28: the Greek perfect participle reveals the permanent fullness of grace in Mary. Delve deeper into mariological…
Our Lady of La Salette, the message of the visionaries of 1846
Apparition of Our Lady of La Salette in 1846 in the French Alps: a message of conversion, the secrets of the visionaries and the episcopal…
Our Lady of Akita: the Japanese apparitions and the three messages
Apparitions of Our Lady of Akita to Sister Agnes Sasagawa, the three messages and the statue that wept 101 times. Let us delve deeper into this…
Pope Benedict XV: life, pontificate, and Marian devotion (1914-1922)
Benedict XV, the Pope of Peace, guided the Church through the Great War and approved Fatima. Discover his pontificate and his profound Marian…
Our Lady of Reconciliation, Mary, Mediatrix of Peace
Explore Mary’s role as Mediatrix of Peace: biblical foundations, the theology of LG 62, the Eve-Mary typology, and the reconciling message of…
Jesus Son of Mary, the divine motherhood at the heart of the faith
Mary is the Mother of Jesus and the Mother of God. From the historical motherhood to the Theotókos of Ephesus, the spiritual motherhood in…
Theotokos (Theotókos), Mother of God: the central title of Mariology
Theotókos, Mother of God, is the central title of Mariology. It was defined at Ephesus in 431 and it grounds all Marian reflection. Look more…