Marian Studies Volume 13 Article 9 1-9-1962 Virginity in Liturgy Aelred Tegels Follow this and additional works at: https://ecommons.udayton.edu/marian_studies Part of the Catholic Studies Commons, Christianity Commons, and the Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons Recommended Citation Tegels, Aelred (1962) "Virginity in Liturgy," Marian Studies: Vol. 13, Article 9, Pages 99-121. Available at: https://ecommons.udayton.edu/marian_studies/vol13/iss1/9 This Article 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]. Tegels: Virginity in Liturgy VIRGINITY IN THE LITURGY An invitation to prepare a paper on the subject of vir ginity in the liturgy, with a request for emphasis on its spiritual meaning, on its theological significance, as I take it, is most encouraging evidence of the growing recognition in our time of liturgy as a locus theologicus in the full sense of that term. Until quite recently no one would have dreamed of making such demands on the liturgy. Theologians have, indeed, since the time of the Reformation, made use of the liturgy, but for the most part very sparingly, and almost exclusively for the purpose of documenting the existence of dogmas in Tradition.1 It is only in the past few decades, and more precisely since Pius XI, in a celebrated audience, characterized it as "the most important organ of the ordinary magisterium of the Church," 2 that there has been any general attempt to utilize liturgy for the purpose of elaborating the positive content of dogmas.