Ad diem illum laetissimum

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The encyclical Ad diem illum laetissimum was published by Pope Pius X on February 2, 1904 , it confirms the "mystery and meaning of the Immaculate Conception of Mary" on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the proclamation of dogmas.

The dogma "Immaculate Conception of Mary"

On December 8, 1854, Pope Pius IX. with the dogmatic bull Ineffabilis Deus proclaims the doctrine "which states that the Blessed Virgin Mary (mother of Jesus) in the first moment of her conception ... was preserved unscathed from any stain of original guilt".

Adoration of the Virgin Mary

A renewal of Marian devotion began in the 19th century, initiated by Pope Pius IX, with the proclaimed dogma of. Immaculate Conception (cf. the Dogmatic Constitution. Lumen Gentium on the Church, Chapter VIII: The Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of God in the mystery of Christ and the Church). This dogmatic proclamation served later popes as the basis for the following Marian encyclicals:

Contents overview

  1. The anniversary of the Immakulata dogma
  2. The Immakulata as an aid to the Church
  3. Mary, bond of unity among the members of the Church
  4. Jesus and Mary in the consciousness of faith
  5. Through Mary we most surely recognize Jesus
  6. Mary, mother of Jesus and mother of the believers
  7. The participation of Mary in the suffering of Christ
  8. Theological reasons for Mary's mediation of grace
  9. The main purpose of devotion to Mary is the knowledge of Jesus
  10. The dogma of the Immaculate and the flight from sin
  11. True devotion to Mary consists in imitating Mary
  12. Mary and the theological virtues
  13. Original Sin and the Church Doctrine of the Immaculate
  14. Rationalism and the Immaculate
  15. The Immaculate leads to love for God
  16. Mary overcomes modern heresies
  17. The extraordinary anniversary
  18. ... (indulgences)
  19. Mary, strength and hope of the Church

literature

  • Bruno Moser (ed.): The papacy - epochs and shapes. Südwest Verlag, Stuttgart 1983, without ISBN
  • Rudolf Fischer-Wollpert: Do you know? Lexicon of religious and ideological questions. Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 1980, ISBN 3-7917-0738-8
  • Carl Andresen , Georg Denzler : dtv dictionary of church history , Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich, May 1982, ISBN 3-423-03245-6

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dogmatic Constitution on the Church 'Lumen Gentium' . Vatican.va. Retrieved July 6, 2010.