Nihil Obstat: John M. A. Fearns, S.T.D., Censor librorum
Imprimatur: + P Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York
July 21, 1954
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Prefatory Note, vii
By Way of Introduction, ix
MARY IN THE DOCUMENTS OF THE MAGISTERIUM
by Eamon R. Carroll, O.Carm., S.T.D., 1
I. Mother of God, 5
II. Ever Virgin, 10
III. Full of Grace, 14
IV. Immaculate, 17
V. Assumed Into Heaven, 24
VI. Mediatrix With the Mediator, 32
VII. Spiritual Mother, 40
VIII. Queen, 45
A Closing Word, 50
MARY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
by Eric May, O.F.M.Cap., S.T.D., S.S.L., 5 1
Introduction: “The Mother of Jesus Was There”, 51
I. Mary in Prophecy, 56
II. Mary in Type, 72
Conclusion, 78
MARY IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
by Michael J. Gruenthaner, S.J, 80
Parentage, 80
Education, 82
Betrothal, 83
Annunciation, 85
Visitation, 88
Joseph’s Ordeal, 90
Bethlehem, 91
Presentation and Purification, 94
The Magi, 95
The Flight Into Egypt, 96
Return to Nazareth, 97
The Hidden Life, 98
The Child Jesus in the Temple, 99
Cana, 100
The Public Life, 102
Beneath the Cross, 103
The Risen Christ, 105
The Woman of the Apocalypse, 106
Summary, 107
MARY IN WESTERN PATRISTIC THOUGHT
by Walter J.Burghardt, S.J., 109
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
by Alfred C. Rush , C.SS.R, S.T.D., 156
Exceptional Birth and Early Years of Mary, 157
The Virginity of Mary, 158
Mary's Divine Maternity, 162
The Death of Mary, 166
The Assumption of Mary, 170
The Queenship of Mary, 175
The Intercession of Mary, 179
Conclusion, 182
MARY IN THE EASTERN LITURGIES
by Very Rev. Cuthbert Gumbinger, O.F.M.Cap., S.T.D., 185
Introduction, 185
I. Mary in the Byzantine Liturgy, 188
II. Mary in the Alexandrian and Ethiopian Liturgies, 210
III. Mary in the Antiochene Liturgy, 224
IV. Mary in the Armenian Liturgy, 233
V. Mary in the Chaldean Liturgy, 240
MARY IN THE WESTERN LITURGY
by Simeon Daly, O.S.B., 245
Introduction, 245
Liturgy in Relation to Faith, 246
Maternity, 248
Sanctity, 254
Virginity, 260
Assumption, 261
Queenship, 265
Mediation, 267
In General, 271
Feast of the Purification, 272
Seven Dolors, 273
Visitation, 274
Holy Name, 274
Presentation, 275
Little Office, 276
Marian Antiphons, 277
OUTLINE HISTORY OF MARIOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE AGES AND MODERN TIMES
by George W. Shea, S.T.D., 281
I. Medieval Mariology (Twelfth to Sixteenth Centuries), 285
II. Modern Mariology (Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries), 309
III. Contemporary Mariology (1854-1954), 315
MARY’S IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
by Aldan Carr, O.F.M.Conv., S.T.D., and Germain Williams, O.F.M.Conv., S.T.D., 328
1. Declaration of the Privilege, 328
2. Certitude of the Privilege, 332
Adversaries of the Doctrine, 333
Tenor of the Bull “Ineffabilis Deus”, 334
Argument From Scripture, 335
Argument From Tradition, 344
The Theological Argument, 370
The Position of the Blessed Virgin Relative to the Law of Original Sin, 379
The Immunity of Mary From Concupiscence, 386
The Relation of Mary to the State of Original Justice, 391
MARY’S IMMUNITY FROM ACTUAL SIN
by Salvatore Bonano, C.M.F., 395
Definition of Terms, 395
Errors, 398
Magisterium, 399
Scripture Proofs, 400
Tradition, 405
Theological Proof, 408
Freedom From Imperfection, 409
Appendix, 411
THE HOLY NAME OF MARY
by Richard Kugelman , C.P., S.T.L., S.S.L., 411
The Form of the Name Mary, 413
The Etymology of the Name Mary, 414
The First Four Centuries A.D., 415
St. Jerome to the Sixteenth Century A.D., 416
The Modern Period. Sixteenth and Subsequent Centuries, 418
INDEX OF AUTHORS