The name of the Theotokos expresses the whole mystery of God’s saving dispensation. —St. John of Damascus (655-750) In the doctrine and worship of Mary there is disclosed the one heresy of the Roman ...

The name of the Theotokos expresses the whole mystery of God’s saving dispensation. —St. John of Damascus (655-750) In the doctrine and worship of Mary there is disclosed the one heresy of the Roman ...

The Feast of the Dormition of Our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary is celebrated on August 15 each year. The Feast commemorates the repose (dormition and in the Greek kimisis) or ...

Returning to the theme of the 1500th anniversary of the Council of Ephesus, Pope Pius XI concluded his encyclical with a note about the Basilica of St. Mary Major and the new feast he was announcing.

Speaking of Mary as Theotokos, the “Bearer” or “Mother of God,” is not just simply a nice way of stating the obvious. ... St. John Paul II worked tirelessly to emphasize that truth.

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Speaking of Mary as “Theotokos,” the “God-bearer” or “mother of God,” is not just simply a nice way of stating the obvious. ... St. John Paul II worked tirelessly to emphasize that truth.

Therefore, Nestorius believed Mary should be called “Christ-bearer” and not “God-bearer” (“Theotokos”). Saint Cyril, the Archbishop of Alexandria, argued that the divine and human ...

St. Mary Major is the oldest still-standing sanctuary dedicated to that, said Giuseppe Falanga, professor of liturgy at Pontificia Universita della Santa Croce in Rome.

Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria Maggiore), one of the five great ancient basilicas in Rome, and the place ...

The Feast of the Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary is celebrated on September 8 each year. The Feast commemorates the birth of the Mother of Jesus Christ, our Lord.