Enchiridion Vaticanum – General Index of the Marian Documents of the Post-Conciliar Magisterium

The Enchiridion Vaticanum is the largest collection of the contemporary Catholic Magisterium: born in 1966 in Bologna at Edizioni Dehoniane Bologna (EDB), it systematically gathers the documents of the Second Vatican Council and of the post-conciliar Magisterium (John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul II, Benedict XVI, Francis). Each volume covers a few years of Magisterium with the full text in Latin/Italian and analytical indexes.

Structure of the Collection

The volumes of the Enchiridion Vaticanum are organized chronologically. Each document receives a unique sequential number (n. 1, n. 2… n. 25000+) that functions as an international citation system. This numbering has become the standard reference in Catholic theology for citing post-conciliar documents.

Principal Marian Documents by Pontificate

Second Vatican Council (1962-1965)

• Lumen Gentium chap. VIII – Mary in the Church
• Sacrosanctum Concilium nn. 103-104 – Mary in the Liturgy
• Dei Verbum nn. 5,8 – Mary and the Word
• Gaudium et Spes nn. 22,45 – Mary the New Eve

Saint John XXIII (1958-1963)

• Encyclicals with Marian references: Mater et Magistra (1961), Pacem in Terris (1963)
• Opening and closing addresses of the conciliar sessions

Blessed Paul VI (1963-1978)

• Marialis Cultus (1974), the magna carta of post-conciliar Marian devotion
• Signum Magnum (1967) – Mary model of virtues
• Recurrens Mensis October (1969) – The Rosary for peace
• Christi Matri Rosarii (1966) – The Rosary for peace in Vietnam
• Evangelii Nuntiandi n. 82 (1975) – Mary the evangelizer
• Mense Maio (1965) – The month of May for peace

Saint John Paul II (1978-2005)

• Redemptoris Mater (1987), the great Marian encyclical of the pontificate
• Mulieris Dignitatem (1988) – Mary and the dignity of woman
• Rosarium Virginis Mariae (2002) – The Rosary with the Luminous Mysteries
• Ecclesia de Eucharistia chap. VI (2003) – Mary woman of the Eucharist
• Fides et Ratio n. 108 (1998) – Mary model of faith
• Catecheses on Mary (1995-1997) – 70 weekly catecheses on Mary
• Dives in Misericordia n. 9 (1980) – Mary Mother of Mercy
• Salvifici Doloris n. 25 (1984) – Mary at the Cross
• Tertio Millennio Adveniente nn. 43,54 (1994) – Mary preparation for the Jubilee
• Novo Millennio Ineunte n. 58 (2001) – Duc in altum

Benedict XVI (2005-2013)

• Deus Caritas Est nn. 41-42 (2005) – Mary mother of mercy
• Spe Salvi final chap. (2007) – Mary star of hope
• Verbum Domini n. 27 (2010) – Mary woman of the Word
• Sacramentum Caritatis n. 33 (2007) – Mary woman of the Eucharist
• Caritas in Veritate conclusion (2009) – Mary mother of charity

Pope Francis (2013-)

• Evangelii Gaudium chap. V (2013) – Mary mother of evangelization
• Lumen Fidei nn. 58-60 (2013) – Mary perfect icon of faith
• Laudato Si n. 241 (2015) – Mary queen over all creation
• Amoris Laetitia conclusion (2016) – The Family of Nazareth
• Gaudete et Exsultate n. 176 (2018) – Mary model of holiness
• Christus Vivit nn. 43-48, 298 (2019) – Mary and young people
• Patris Corde conclusion (2020) – Mary and Saint Joseph
• Fratelli Tutti conclusion (2020) – Mary mother of fraternity

Internal Posts by Document

Each of the documents with a link on Locus has its own post with the original Latin/Italian text and an English translation. See also:

• Doctrina Pontificia IV (1954) – Marian Magisterium from 269 to 1903
• Mariology – General page
• Postgraduate Program in Mariology

Why It Matters

The Enchiridion Vaticanum shows how the post-conciliar Magisterium continued and deepened the Mariological tradition synthesized in the Doctrina Pontificia IV. Mary did not disappear from the agenda of the Church after Vatican II; she was presented anew in a biblical, ecumenical, and existential key, and became more central still. The three explicitly Marian encyclicals of John Paul II (RM, MD, RVM), the weekly catecheses on Mary of 1995-1997, and the Marian texts of each important encyclical constitute the richest corpus of magisterial Mariology of the last sixty years.

See also: How to Study the Marian Magisterium Systematically – The Complete Locus Guide