Marian Studies Volume 37 Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh National Convention of the Mariological Society of America held Article 10 in Tampa, FLA. 1986 The Theological Context of and Introduction to Chapter 8 of Lumen Gentium Frederick M. Jelly Follow this and additional works at: https://ecommons.udayton.edu/marian_studies Part of the Religion Commons Recommended Citation Jelly, Frederick M. (1986) "The Theological Context of and Introduction to Chapter 8 of Lumen Gentium," Marian Studies: Vol. 37, Article 10. Available at: https://ecommons.udayton.edu/marian_studies/vol37/iss1/10 This Front Matter is brought to you for free and open access by the Marian Library Publications at eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Marian Studies by an authorized editor of eCommons. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. Jelly: Introduction to Chapter 8 THE THEOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF AND INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER 8 OF Lumen Gentium Although this paper presents both history and theology, it is intended to be primarily theological. Its principal purpose is to provide a theological interpretation of the main events that led to the text of chapter 8 of Lumen Gentium (LG), the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, which was issued November 21, 1964, as well as a commentary upon the introduction or preface to that chapter on Mary (LG 52-54). 1 The teaching of Vatican Council II on marian doctrine and devotion is more extensive than what is contained in chapter 8 of LG since there are many references to Mary in other conciliar documents.2 Our chief con cern, however, is to concentrate upon the text of the marian schema in the broader context of the real life situations that his torically influenced its composition as a part of the schema on the Church." 1 The translation of the text of chapter 8 of LG used in this paper is that which appears in this volume of Marian Studies and was done by F.