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The Marian Mystery: The Outline of a Mariology is unavailable, but you can change that!

Fr. Denis Farkasfalvy discusses the development of Catholic doctrine regarding the Blessed Virgin Mary. The damage done by much modern speculative theology largely stems from the failure to distinguish fact from fiction in the study of Mariology. Farkasfalvy addresses this, beginning with a biblical and patristic inquiry about the place and meaning of Mary in salvation history with reference to...

Eve, is therefore called to be our “advocate” or spokeswoman.93 In the Salve Regina, Mary is directly addressed in the form of a prayer as an “advocate,” a person addressed to intercede for us, while in Irenaeus’ text she is only descriptively compared in her role to Eve, as of similar importance in the cosmic drama of salvation seen in terms of recapitulation. Mary acts and speaks in a role that is the counterpart of Eve’s role and results in a long-expected reversal of man’s destiny.
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