Roman Catholic veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary is based on dogma as well as Holy Scripture: In the fullness of time, God sent his son, born of a woman. The mystery of the incarnation of the Son of God through Mary thus signifies her honour as Mother of God. From the Council of Ephesus in 431, which dogmatized this belief, to Vatican II and Pope John Paul II's Redemptoris Mater encyclical the Virgin Mary has come to be seen, not only as the ...
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- Miriam,
- Our Lady,
- The Blessed Virgin Mary,
- Mary,
- Virgin Mary,
- Mary, the mother of Jesus,
- Virgo Fidelis (Virgin Most Faithful),
- The Immaculate Heart,
- Mirror of Justice,
- Our Lady of Grace,
- Our Lady of Guadalupe,
- Our Lady of Sorrows,
- Mother of Christ,
- The Immaculate Conception,
- Our Lady of La Salette,
- Virgo Potens (Virgin Most Powerful),
- Adjutorium Christianorum (Help of Christians),
- Virgin Most Prudent,
- Our Lady of Lourdes,
- Our Lady of the Good Books,
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel,
- Mary, Mother of God
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