DOCSLIB.ORG

Bibliography of Books and Resources on Catholic Belief and Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Bibliography of Books and Resources on Catholic Belief and Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary Bibliography of Books and Resources on Catholic Belief and Devotion to The Blessed Virgin Mary I) Papal and Magisterial Documents: (The following documents can be found either in print at Pauline Books and Media or online at www.vatican.va/ or www.papalencyclicals.net/ ) A) Magisterial Documents on Mary: • Second Vatican Council, Lumen Gentium – Dogmatic Constitution on the Church , n. 52-69 (1964) • Catechism of the Catholic Church , n. 487-511; n.963-975 (1997) • Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church , q. 94-104; q. 196-199 (2005) B) Magisterial Documents on the Discernment of Private Revelations: • Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, Norms Regarding The Manner of Proceeding in the Discernment of Presumed Apparitions or Revelations (1978) • Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, Commentary on the Third Secret of Fatima (2000) • Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 66-67 • Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Q. 9-10 • Council of Trent, Decree on the Reception of the Sacred Books and Traditions , Session IV (April 8, 1546): Denz., n. 1501-1505. • _____________.Decree on Jusification. , Session VI (January 13, 1547), Chapter 12, Denz. n. 1540, Canon n. 16, Denz., n. 1566. • Pope Benedict XVI, Verbum Domini – On the Word of God in the Life of the Church, n. 1, 14-15 • First Vatican Council, Dei Fillius, Ch. III & Canon n. 4 • Second Vatican Council, Dei Verbum – Dogmatic Consitiution on Divine Revelation, n. 2-10 C) Papal Documents on Mary: • Bl. Pius IX, Ineffabilis Deus – Defining the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception (1854) • Pius XII, Munificentissimus Deus – Defining the Dogma of the Assumption (1950) • Bl. Paul VI, Signum Magnum – On the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima (1967) • Bl. Paul VI, Marialis Cultus – For the Right Ordering and Development of Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary (1974) • St. John Paul II, Redemptoris Mater – On the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Life of the Pilgrim Church (1987) D) Papal Documents on the Rosary: • Leo XIII, Supremi Apostolatus Officio - On Devotion to the Rosary (1883) • _________ Superiore Anno - On the Recitation of the Rosary (1884) • _________Vi E Ben Noto - On the Rosary and Public Life (1887) • _________ Octobri Mense - On the Rosary (1891) • _________ Magnae Dei Matris - On the Rosary (1892) • _________ Laetitiae Sanctae - Commending Devotion to the Rosary (1893) • _________ Iucunda Semper Expectatione - On the Rosary (1894) • _________ Adiutricem - On the Rosary (1895) • _________ Fidentem Piumque Animum - On the Rosary (1896) • _________ Augustissimae Virginis Mariae - On the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary (1897) • _________ Diuturni Temporis - On the Rosary (1898) • St. John Paul II, Rosarium Virginis Mariae – On the Most Holy Rosary (2002) -1- Bibliography of Books and Resources on Catholic Belief and Devotion to The Blessed Virgin Mary II) Books on Marian Theology: • Stefano M. Manelli, All Generations Shall Call Me Blessed: Biblical Mariology . Academy of the Immaculate (1995) • Edward Sri, Queen Mother: A Biblical Theology of Mary’s Queenship (Letter & Spirit Project). Emmaus Road Publishing (2005) • Luigi Gambero, Mary and the Fathers of the Church: The Blessed Virgin Mary in Patristic Thought. San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press • _____________, Mary and the Middle Ages: The Blessed Virgin Mary in the Thought of Medieval Latin Theologians. San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press • Benedict Groeschel, A Still Small Voice: A Practical Guide on Reported Revelations. San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press, 1993. • Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen. Visions and Revelations in the Spiritual Life. Westminster, MD: Newman Press, 1950. • Niels Christian, Hvidt, Christian Prophecy: The Post-Biblical Tradition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, Inc., 2007. • Mark Miravalle, Introduction to Mary: The Heart of Marian Doctrine and Devotion. Goleta, CA: Queenship Publishing (2006) • ________________. “Marian Private Revelation: Nature, Evaluation, Message.” Taken from Mariology: A Guide for Priests, Deacons, Seminarians, and Consecrated Persons. Goleta, CA: Seat of Wisdom Books-Queenship Publishing, 2007, 803-884. • ___________ Mariology: A Guide for Priests, Deacons, Seminarians, and Consecrated Persons. Goleta, CA: Seat of Wisdom/ Queenship Publishing (2007) • __________ Meet Mary: Getting to Know the Mother of God. Sophia Institute Press (2008) • Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, The Mother of Our Savior and Our Interior Life. Rockford, IL: TAN Books & Publishing (1993) • The Virgin Mary and Theology of the Body, edited by Donald H. Calloway. Stockbridge, MA: Marian Press (2005) • Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI, Daughter Zion: Meditations on the Church’s Marian Belief. San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press • Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger & Hans Urs Von Balthasar, Mary: The Church at the Source. San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press • Arthur B. Calkins, Totus Tuus: John Paul II’s Program of Marian Consecration and Entrustment. Academy of the Immaculate • H.M. Manteau-Bonamy, The Immaculate Conception and the Holy Spirit: The Marian Teachings of Saint Maximillian Kolbe. Marytown Press (2008) • Scott Hahn, Hail Holy Queen : The Mother of God in the Word of God . Image Books (2006) • Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, III, q. 27-30 • Robert Barron, Catholicism. “Chapter 4/DVD#4: Our Tainted Nature’s Solitary Boast: Mary the Mother of God.” • Kevin Symonds, Refractions of Light: 201 Answers on Apparitions, Visions, and the Catholic Church, St. Louis, MO: En Route Media, Inc., 2015. -2- Bibliography of Books and Resources on Catholic Belief and Devotion to The Blessed Virgin Mary III) Books on Marian Devotion, Art, Apparitions, and Other Private Revelations: • Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Charlotte, NC: TAN Books and Publishing (2009) • Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God. Charlotte, NC: TAN Books and Publishing (2009) • Saint Bridget of Sweden, Revelations on the Life and Passion of Our Lord and the Life of His Blessed Mother. Charlotte , NC: TAN Books and Publishing (1993) • Saint Alphonsus Liguori, The Glories of Mary. Liguori Publications (2000) • Saint Francis de Sales, Sermons on Our Lady. Charlotte, NC: TAN Books and Publishing (2010) • Saint Louis de Montfort, True Devotion to Mary and Preparation for Total Consecration. Charlotte, NC: TAN Books and Publishing (2010) • ____________________ The Secret of Mary . Rockford, IL: TAN Books and Publishing (1998) • ____________________ The Secret of the Rosary . Rockford, IL: TAN Books and Publishing (1980) • ____________________ Preparation for Total Consecration . Montfort Publications (1984) • ____________________ God Alone: The Collected Writings of Saint Louis Marie de Montfort . Montfort Publications (1995) • Raphael Brown , The Life of Mary As Seen by the Mystics. Charlotte, NC: TAN Books and Publishing (2010) • Marie Dominique Philippe, The Mysteries of Mary: Growing in Faith, Hope and Love with the Mother of God. Charlotte, NC: TAN Books and Publishing (2011) • Joan Carroll Cruz, Miraculous Images of Our Lady: 100 Famous Catholic Portraits and Statues. Charlotte, NC: TAN Books and Publishing (2010) • Thomas A Kempis, The Imitation of Mary . Catholic Book Publishing (2005) • Fulton J. Sheen, The World’s First Love: Mary the Mother of God. San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press (1996) • Donald Calloway, The Purest of All Lilies: The Virgin Mary in the Spirituality of Saint Faustina. Stockbridge, MA: Marian Press (2008) • ____________, Champions of the Rosary: The History and Heroes of a Spiritual Weapon, Stockbridge, MA: Marian Press (2016) • Paul Baddle, Maria of Guadalupe: Shaper of History, Shaper of Hearts. San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press • Francis Johnston, Fatima the Great Sign. Charlotte, NC: TAN Books and Publishing (2010) • John Martin, Roses Fountains, and Gold: The Virgin Mary in History, Art and Apparition . San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press (1998) • Andrew Apostoli, Fatima for Today: An Urgent Message of Hope. San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press (2010) • Antonio Socci, The Fourth Secret of Fatima, Loreto Publications, 2009 • Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone, The Last Secret of Fatima: The Revelation of One of the Most Controversial Events in Catholic History, New York, NY: Random House, 2008. • Kevin Symonds, On the Third Part of the Secret of Fatima, St Louis, MO: En Route Books and Media, 2017 • Carmel of Coimbra, A Pathway Under the Gaze of Mary: Biography of Sr. Maria Lucia of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart, Trans. By James A. Colson. Edited by Barbara Ernster. Washington, NJ: World Apostolate of Fatima, 2015. -3- Bibliography of Books and Resources on Catholic Belief and Devotion to The Blessed Virgin Mary Movies/Documentaries on Fatima: • EWTN Documentary on Fatima • Miracle on Our Lady of Fatima • Finding Fatima • The 13 th Day -4- .
Load more

Recommended publications
  • A Peace Plan from Heaven
    Relationship with GOD More than Just SUNDAY A Peace Plan from Heaven May 13 will mark the 100th Anniversary of the Mary reassured the children in a gentle voice, saying apparitions of Our Blessed Mother Mary to three “Do not be afraid; I will do you no harm.” She told shepherd children in the small village of Fatima in Lucia, “I come from Heaven.” She asked the children if Portugal. Taking place in 1917, Our Lady appeared they would “pray the Rosary every day, to bring peace six times to Lucia, 9, and her cousins Francisco, 8, to the world and an end to the war.” and his sister Jacinta, 6, on the 13th of each month On June 13, as Mary appeared to the three children, between May and October. Lucia asked, “What do you want me to do?” The Lady It is important to make a distinction between public responded, “Continue to pray the Rosary every day Revelation, the definitive teachings of Christ through and after the Glory Be of each mystery, add these the Catholic Church and “private” revelation, such as words: ‘O my Jesus, forgive us our sins! Save us from apparitions of Mary. According to the Catechism of the the fire of Hell. Lead all souls to Heaven, especially Catholic Church, “Throughout the ages, there have those in most need of Thy mercy.’” been so-called ‘private’ revelations, some of which Before the apparitions began, the children were have been recognized by the authority of the Church. devout in the Catholic Faith and spent time in prayer They do not belong, however, to the deposit of faith.
    [Show full text]
  • The Role of Mary in the Work of Redemption: Seven Key Moments
    The Role of Mary in the Work of Redemption: Seven Key Moments R O B E R T F ASTIGGI , P H .D. Professor of Systematic Theology , Sacred Heart Major Seminary Introduction The role of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the economy of salvation is rooted in the mystery of the Incarnation. God chose to unite creation to himself by becom- ing incarnate ex Maria virgine.1 The eternal plan for the created cosmos, therefore, includes the Blessed Mother. The role of Mary in the economy of salvation is, therefore, not something marginal but central. In fact, the Blessed Virgin Mary is part of God’s plan from all eternity. The theology of Marian co-redemption un- folds in seven key moments: 1) Mary’s predestination as the Co-redemptrix; 2) Mary’s Immaculate Conception; 3) Mary’s free consent to be the Mother of the Word Incarnate at the Annunciation; 4) Mary’s union with her Son “in the work of salvation” from “the time of Christ’s virginal conception up to His death”;2 5) Mary’s union with Christ’s passion and her offering of her crucified Son to the Fa- ther; 6) Mary’s glorious assumption body and soul into heaven; 7) Mary’s ongoing maternal mediation of the grace with and under Christ, the one Mediator. Each of these moments deserves individual attention, but all of them combine to illuminate Mary’s essential role in the work of redemption. 1. Mary’s predestination as Mother of the Redeemer and Co- redemptrix Mary was predestined to be the Mother of the Incarnate Word.
    [Show full text]
  • Lesson 2 Grade 10 11/22
    Lesson 2 Grade 10 11/22 Bible Questions Luke 4-6 Chapter 4 1. How long was Jesus tempted by the devil in the wilderness? 2. What are the three temptations of Jesus? 3. Where does Jesus begin His preaching? 4. What town does Jesus encounter the man who is possessed by the evil spirit? 5. Who has the high fever that Jesus healed? 6. What does this mean about Peter? Chapter 5 7. Which 3 apostles were with Jesus when they caught an abundance of fish? 8. Where were they? 9. What does Jesus say to Peter after they catch all the fish? 10. What’s the name of the tax collector that follows Jesus? Chapter 6 11. What did Jesus do before He picked the 12 apostles the night before? 12. Name 6 of the 12 apostles 13. What did Jesus say we should do to those who curse and abuse us? 14. How is a good tree known from a bad tree? Catechism Questions Page: 6-10 1. What does God reveal fundamentally to man? 2. How did God reveal Himself in the beginning? 3. Who is the father of multitude of nations? 4. Which religions claim Abraham as their father? 5. What did God give to the Jews through Moses? 6. Who would come through the line of King David? 7. What stage is the fullness of God’s revelation? 8. What is the difference between public and private revelations? 9. Give three examples of private revelation. 10. What is Apostolic Tradition? 11. How are Scripture and Tradition different? How are they the same? 12.
    [Show full text]
  • Blessing and Investiture Brown Scapular.Pdf
    Procedure for Blessing and Investiture Latin Priest - Ostende nobis Domine misericordiam tuam. Respondent - Et salutare tuum da nobis. P - Domine exaudi orationem meum. R - Et clamor meus ad te veniat. P - Dominus vobiscum. R - Et cum spiritu tuo. P - Oremus. Domine Jesu Christe, humani generis Salvator, hunc habitum, quem propter tuum tuaeque Genitricis Virginis Mariae de Monte Carmelo, Amorem servus tuus devote est delaturus, dextera tua sancti+fica, tu eadem Genitrice tua intercedente, ab hoste maligno defensus in tua gratia usque ad mortem perseveret: Qui vivis et regnas in saecula saeculorum. Amen. THE PRIEST SPRINKLES WITH HOLY WATER THE SCAPULAR AND THE PERSON(S) BEING ENROLLED. HE THEN INVESTS HIM (THEM), SAYING: P - Accipite hunc, habitum benedictum precantes sanctissima Virginem, ut ejus meritis illum perferatis sine macula, et vos ab omni adversitate defendat, atque advitam perducat aeternam. Amen. AFTER INVESTITURE THE PRIEST CONTINUES WITH THE PRAYERS: P - Ego, ex potestate mihi concessa, recipio vos ad participationem, omnium bonorum spiritualium, qua, cooperante misericordia Jesu Christi, a Religiosa de Monte Carmelo peraguntur. In Nomine Patris + et Filii + et Spiritus Sancti. + Amen. Benedicat + vos Conditor caeli at terrae, Deus omnipotens, qui vos cooptare dignatus est in Confraternitatem Beatae Mariae Virginis de Monte Carmelo: quam exoramus, ut in hore obitus vestri conterat caput serpentis antiqui, atque palmam et coronam sempiternae hereditatis tandem consequamini. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. R - Amen. THE PRIEST THEN SPRINKLES AGAIN WITH HOLY WATER THE PERSON(S) ENROLLED. English Priest - Show us, O Lord, Thy mercy. Respondent - And grant us Thy salvation. P - Lord, hear my prayer. R - And let my cry come unto Thee.
    [Show full text]
  • Preparing for Lent Fr
    February 24, 2019 1 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church Preparing for Lent Fr. Steve Gruno, CEO of www.WordOnFire.org 6646 Addicks Satsuma Road In two weeks, the Church begins the penitential practices of Lent. Houston, TX 77084 Penitential practices are virtuous works through which we demon- 281-463-7878 strate the sincerity of our profession of faith and discipline our desires so that we might better serve the mission of the Church. Lent is an extended period of time during which the Church prepares herself to celebrate the great mysteries of Holy Week. www.SeasCatholic.org www.SeasCatholic.org Continued on page 12... February 24, 2019 2 Mass Schedule Monday—Friday 6:30 a.m. English 9:00 a.m. English 7:00 p.m. English On Friday, the evening Mass Is in Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) 7:30 p.m. Miércoles en Español The First Friday devotion arose from a private revelation to St. Margaret Saturday Mary Alocoque in the seventeenth century. 9:00 a.m. English The devotion involves participating in the Holy Mass and receiving Holy Anticipated Masses Communion on nine consecutive first Fridays of the month. It is like a 5:00 p.m. English novena which is prayed over consecutive months rather than over con- 6:30 p.m. Español secutive days, and is offered for the particular intention of reparation to 8:00 p.m. Tiếng Việt the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Sunday Masses Devotion to the Sacred Herat is call to the faithful to “stand in the gap” 7:00 a.m.
    [Show full text]
  • The Message of Lourdes
    The Message of Lourdes What Our Lady told Bernadette We call the “Message of Lourdes” the midst of our poverty and failures. The two worlds gestures and words that were Grotto is not only a place where exist on exchanged between the Blessed Virgin something happened – a geographical our earth. Mary and Bernadette Soubirous, at the place – it is also a place where God When Grotto of Massabielle, during the time of gives us a sign by revealing his heart Jesus, in the eighteen apparitions. This message and our heart. the can be heard as: God is love and he Gospel, It is a place where God leaves us a loves us as we are. invites us message, a message that is nothing to On February 11, 1858 Bernadette, her other than that of the Gospel. God discover sister Toinette and a friend of theirs, comes to tell us that he loves us – this the Jeanne, went looking for wood in the is the heart of the Message of Lourdes, Kingdom meadows and came to “the place where and he loves us as we are with all our of Heaven, the canal rejoins the River Gave”. They successes but also with all our wounds, he invites were in front of the Grotto of our weaknesses and our limitations us to Massabielle. Toinette and Jeanne ON FEBRUARY 18, 1858 : SOME discover in our world, as it is, “another crossed the icy water, crying out with EXTRAORDINARY WORDS world.” Wherever love exists, God is the cold; Bernadette hesitated to do present. this because of her chronic asthma.
    [Show full text]
  • The Immaculate Conception in Ecumenical Perspective
    32 THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION IN ECUMENICAL PERSPECTIVE By DONALD G. DAWE HE POPULAR presupposition of ecumenical dialogue is that ~ we should start with the easy matters first and proceed ]1 slowly, if at all, to the more difficult questions. This IL approach has served the ecumenical dialogue on marian questions well up to this point. Common exploration of~scripture has swept away much misunderstanding. Historical studies of the protestant reformers, their piety and theology, have shown a deep and widespread concern for Mary that had been lost by their later followers. While rejoicing in these discoveries, one is always left with the stubborn realization that we do not live in the first century, or the sixteenth century, but the twentieth century. Our theological questions, our ecumenical concerns and our piety are shaped by the traditions of the Church as it exists today. Therefore we need to look at the traditions that have shaped the Churches of today as they search for the meaning of Mary. When we leave historical and biblical studies to look at contem- porary marian devotion and theology, we are painfully aware of the depth and seriousness of conflict. Nowhere is this more evident than in considering the two great marian definitions that have been crucial to modern Roman Catholicism -- the promulgation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in 1854 and the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1950. Suddenly we find ourselves transported from the realm of the familiar, where agree- ment lies close to the surface, into those most difficult and painful questions, where deep and threatening differences become evident.
    [Show full text]
  • Understanding Divine Mercy Sunday John Paul II Institute of Divine Mercy
    Understanding Divine Mercy Sunday John Paul II Institute of Divine Mercy Nihil Obstat Imprimi Potest © Congregation of Marians of the Immaculate Conception, 2003 All Rights Reserved This booklet has been prepared by the John Paul II Institute of Divine Mercy, an apostolate of the Congregation of Marians of the Immaculate Conception, based at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy, Eden Hill, Stockbridge, MA 01262 Telephone: 413-298-1184 E-mail: [email protected] My daughter, tell the whole world about My inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners. On that day the very depths of My tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the fount of My mercy. The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment. On that day all the divine floodgates through which graces flow are opened. Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet. My mercy is so great that no mind, be it of man or of angel, will be able to fathom it throughout all eternity. Everything that exists has come forth from the very depths of My most tender mercy. Every soul in its relation to Me will contemplate My love and mercy throughout eternity. The Feast of Mercy emerged from My very depths of tenderness. It is My desire that it be solemnly celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter.
    [Show full text]
  • The Four Dogmas of the Blessed Virgin Mary and The
    JMJ Why do Catholics consider Mary to be so important? The Church’s principal teachings about the Blessed Virgin Mary Presentation by James F. Gontis Chief reasons that it is important to know the truth about Mary are that: - Knowing the truth about the Blessed Mother helps us to know the truth about her Son, Jesus, the Redeemer of mankind. - Mary always leads us to Jesus. - To help people, be they your children, other family members, students in your classes or programs, other Catholics, non-Catholics, etc. deepen in the truth and can help them along on the path to salvation. I. What are the four Marian dogmas? A. Mother of God B. Immaculate Conception C. Perpetual Virginity D. Assumption II. Mother of God A. Jesus is God, Mary is Jesus’ mother, thus Mary is the Mother of God. B. This dogma was first defined at the Council of Ephesus in A.D. 431. This is an example of the Church protecting the whole truth about Christ, which had been denied by Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople. C. Patriarch/Bishop Nestorius claimed that Mary only gave birth to the human Jesus, but not the divine Jesus and therefore should not be called the Mother of God. This essentially makes Jesus into two persons rather than one person. You can see how distorting the truth about Mary, even more importantly distorts the truth about Jesus. D. Mary gave birth to the person of Jesus. Jesus is a divine person with two natures – divine and human. What is the difference between person and nature? E.
    [Show full text]
  • Church of St. John Vianney
    July 7, 2019 CHURCH OF ST. JOHN VIANNEY MISSION STATEMENT TOGETHER—RENEWING OUR COMMITMENT TO GOD & OUR COMMUNITY Address: 789 17th Ave N, South St. Paul, MN 55075 Phone: (651) 451-1863 Fax: (651) 451-1864 www.sjvssp.org Parish Staff Pastor Fr. Antony Skaria, CFIC [email protected] Deacon Scott Wright [email protected] Director of Religious Education & Parish Assistant Jill Vujovich-Laabs [email protected] Director of Music Lori Lencowski [email protected] Maintenance—Kent Trkla [email protected] Bulletin Deadline - Monday 12:00 pm MASS SCHEDULE WEEKEND: SATURDAY 5 PM SUNDAY 8:15 AM & 10:30 AM WEEKDAYS: TUE—FRI 7:30 AM HOLY DAYS: 7:30AM & 6:30 PM RECONCILIATION THUR & FRI: 7:00 AM SAT: 4:00 PM 5 Things To Know About Our Lady of Mt. Carmel “What’s that thing you’re always wearing?” And so began another discussion of the Brown Scapular that hangs around my neck. This time it was while visiting New Orleans with my sister. A city suffused with Catholicism plus voodoo shops, gris-gris and the like was, perhaps, the perfect place to explain the two small pieces of brown wool on a cord that I always wear. The Brown Scapular is neither a good luck charm, talisman, amulet nor gris-gris. It is a sacramental; a symbol of devotion and yoke of obedience to Our Lady of Mount Carmel whose feast we celebrate on July 16. Simply put, in the words of the always humorously orthodox John Zmirak, the Brown Scapular is “a sleek and minimalist version of the Carmelite habit.” 1.
    [Show full text]
  • Mary's Immaculate Conception by Father William G. Most in Teaching
    Mary's Immaculate Conception by Father William G. Most In teaching that Mary was conceived immaculate, the Catholic Church teaches that from the very moment of her conception, the Blessed Virgin Mary was free from all stain of original sin. This simply means that from the beginning, she was in a state of grace, sharing in God's own life, and that she was free from the sinful inclinations which have beset human nature after the fall. History of the Doctrine There are two passages in Scripture which point us to this truth. We look first at Genesis 3.15, in which we see the parallel between Mary and Eve of which the early Church Fathers already spoke: "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed: he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel." The Jews saw this passage as referring to the struggle between Christ and Satan, and so the Church see in "the woman" a prophetic foreshadowing of the Virgin Mary (Vatican II, Lumen gentium, # 55). If there is to be complete enmity between the woman and the serpent, then she never should have been in any way subject to him even briefly. This implies an Immaculate conception. We can also reason from the text of Lk 1:28, in which the angel calls her "full of grace". If we can validate the translation--we can, and will do so, shortly--then in this verse we can see even more strongly the complete enmity with the serpent--for God's grace is complete opposed to Satan's reign.
    [Show full text]
  • The Canon & Continuing Revelation
    REFORMED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY DELIVERED ONCE FOR ALL: THE CANON AND CONTINUING REVELATION 0ST508 SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY I BY STAN MCMAHAN JULY 30, 2013 Introduction John Calvin, in his Institutes of the Christian Religion, counters the claim of some during his day to receiving new revelations from God. In doing so, he highlights the specific role of the Holy Spirit in the life of believers. He writes, “Hence the office of the Spirit promised to us, is not to form new and unheard-of revelations, or to coin a new form of doctrine, by which we may be led away from the received doctrine of the gospel, but to seal on our minds the very doctrine which the gospel recommends.”1 Calvin’s underlying assumption in this argument is the classic Reformed reason for rejecting claims of continuing revelation: the Spirit and the Word which He “breathed-out” are inseparably united, and this union is such that the Spirit will not speak against His will, character, and plan revealed in the written Scriptures (“the received doctrine of the gospel”). This argument has not been made without controversy. Advocates of continuing revelation have not been lacking in the church and have spoken out from disparate denominational perspectives. The Roman Catholic Church has continued its claim for revelation today by pointing to God’s communication through both private revelations and the ecclesiastical hierarchy--the church councils and Pope speaking authoritatively for God. From the other end of the ecclesiastical spectrum, Pentecostals have claimed the communication of the Spirit in private prayer and prophecy. What are we to make of such claims? Is denying ongoing revelation not a way of “quenching” the Spirit? The answer to these questions is found by considering God’s self-identified purpose and method for his revelation to man.
    [Show full text]