The Church’s Marian Teaching

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This course will provide a survey of the place of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the History of Salvation and, in particular, in the life of Christ and the Church. The main areas of concentration are Mary in the Scriptures, Mary in the writings of the Fathers of the Church, the Marian Dogmas of the Church, the teaching of the contemporary Magisterium, Mary in the Liturgy of the Church, the spiritual motherhood of Mary, and the Marian orientation of Catholic spirituality, Mary in Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue, contemporary approaches, questions and controversies.