Medieval popes: Leo IX to Innocent III – scholastic Mariology (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 100-121)
From Saint Leo IX to the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) and Innocent III: medieval Mariology in 22 documents, from professions of faith to…
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The Eleventh Council of Toledo and Constantinople III – Theotokos Aeiparthenos (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 48-60)
The Eleventh Council of Toledo (675) and the Third Council of Constantinople (680-681) consolidate the title Theotokos kai Aeiparthenos: Mary…
Popes of the Fifth-Sixth Centuries – Mary Mother of God and Ever-Virgin (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 30-43)
Gelasius I, Symmachus, John II, Vigilius, and Honorius I consolidate the Ephesian doctrine of Mary, Theotokos and Ever-Virgin, with the theme…
Lateran Council (649) – aeiparthenos, ever Virgin and Immaculate (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nos. 44-47)
The Second Council of Constantinople (553) and the Lateran Council of 649 define the perpetual virginity of Mary as dogma: Aeiparthenos - Ever…
Council of Ephesus (431) – Theotokos, Mother of God (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 17-18)
The Council of Ephesus (431) defines Mary as Theotokos - Mother of God. Greek texts with English translation from the greatest Mariological…
Saint Sixtus III and Saint Leo I – The Theotokos Celebrated and Preached (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 19-29)
Saint Sixtus III builds Saint Mary Major in Rome; Saint Leo I creates the richest Marian theology of the West in his Christmas Sermons. Key…
Saint Felix I and Saint Damasus I – The Divine Motherhood of Mary (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 8-14)
Pontifical documents of the popes Saint Felix I and Saint Damasus I (3rd-4th centuries) affirm the divine motherhood and the perpetual…
Saint Siricius and Saint Celestine I – Ever Virgin and Theotokos (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 15-16)
The popes Saint Siricius and Saint Celestine I establish the pontifical doctrine of Mary’s perpetual virginity and of her divine motherhood…
Marian Symbols of Faith – Dogmatic Foundation (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 1-7)
The first seven documents of Doctrina Pontificia IV: Marian formulas of faith of the early Church that establish Mary’s virginal motherhood…
Mary, the New Eve: the patristic typology that founded Mariology
Mary, the New Eve, is the patristic typology that founded Mariology. Explore the origins of this doctrine in Saint Irenaeus and its enduring…
Ecclesia de Eucharistia: Mary, the Eucharistic woman (John Paul II)
Text of Chapter V of the Encyclical Ecclesia de Eucharistia (John Paul II, 2003), with the Latin original and translation. Mary as Eucharistic…
Mary, Mother of Evangelization
Full text of the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium (Francis, November 24, 2013), with the Marian chapter in Latin and Portuguese. Mary as…
Spe Salvi – Encyclical of Benedict XVI – Mary, Star of Hope (Full Text)
Full text of the Encyclical Spe Salvi (Benedict XVI, November 30, 2007), with the Latin text and an English translation of the chapter on Mary…
Mulieris dignitatem – apostolic letter of John Paul II on the dignity of women (Full Text)
Full text of the Apostolic Letter Mulieris Dignitatem (John Paul II, August 15, 1988), with excerpts from the Latin original and an English…
Redemptoris Mater – John Paul II’s encyclical on the Mother of the Redeemer (Full text)
Full text of the Encyclical Redemptoris Mater (John Paul II, March 25, 1987), with excerpts from the Latin original and an English translation.…