Mariology
branch of theology about Mary the mother of Jesus
Mariology is the theological study of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and seeks to relate doctrine or dogma about Mary to other doctrines of the faith, such as those concerning Jesus and notions about redemption, intercession and grace.
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- Catholic Mariology: a bubo of authentic Christology.
- Karl Barth, ? (?)
- Mary’s destiny as Virgin and Mother continues to project a light upon that which the Creator intended for women of every age [...] through her virginity and her motherhood, the mystery of woman receives a very lofty destiny from which she cannot be torn away [...] As a creature of courage and obedience she was and still is an example to which every Christian — man and woman — can and should look.
- Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger), Mariam Sanctissimam declaramus Matrem Ecclesiae (1975)
- Only a Mariology that does not shy away from critical comparison with biblical documents; which, instead of presenting Mary as an example of ancillary humility, recognizes her full femininity and places her in relationship with the other great female figures of the Bible and the history of the Church, can direct contemporary man towards a better understanding of the Christian message.
- Hans Küng, Women in Christianity (2005)
- Mariology is closely linked to Christology: abandoning or even just downsizing the former means calling the latter into question as well.
- Vittorio Messori, The Ratzinger Report (1985)
- It may indeed be said that a sense of Marian dogma is an indication of whether Christological dogma is being taken really seriously; or whether it is being regarded (consciously or unconsciously) merely as a rather outmoded, problematic, mythological expression of the fact that in Jesus (who is basically just a religious man) we undoubtedly feel God (here again a cipher for an unexpressed mystery) particularly close to us.
- Karl Rahner, "The Immaculate Conception", Theological Investigations Vol. 1: God, Christ, Mary and Grace (1954)
