Description
will focus, first, on the principal biblical texts upon which dogmatic and doctrinal Mariology is based, with a combination of patristic and medieval exegesis along with the best of contemporary exegetical approaches. An overview of the principal Marian fathers, doctors, and ecclesial writers will be offered as well as a deeper penetration into the thought of modern and contemporary contributors, in particular St. Louis Marie de Montfort, St. John Eudes and St. Maximilian Kolbe. A specific treatment of the controversial history of the Immaculate Conception as well as the doctrinal development of Marian Coredemption will be highlighted in this section. An extended treatment of the unprecedented Franciscan heritage in Mariology will be accentuated, with special emphasis on the Mariology of St. Francis, St. Bonaventure and Bl. John Duns Scotus, leading up to its contemporary manifestation in the pneumatology of St. Maximilian. An extended study of the rich Mariology of the Second Vatican