Catholic Mariology

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Catholic Mariology is the systematic study of the person of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and of her place in the economy of salvation in Catholic theology. According to the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception taught by the Catholic Church, Mary was conceived and born without original sin, hence she is seen as having a singular dignity above the saints, receiving a higher level of veneration than all angelic spirits and blessed souls in heaven. Catholic Mariology thus studies not only her life but also the veneration of her in daily life, prayer, hymns, art, music, and architecture in modern and ancient Christianity throughout the ages. The basis of Mariology are the four Marian dogmas: Mary being the Mother of God, her Immaculate Conception, her perpetual virginity, and her assumption into Heaven. However, a number of other Catholic doctrines about the Virgin Mary have been developed by reference to Sacred Scripture, theological reasoning and church tradition. The development of Mariology...

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