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The Catholic Church has four dogmas regarding Mary: (1) Mary is the Mother of God, (2) Mary remained a virgin her entire life, (3) Mary was conceived without original sin, and (4) Mary was assumed body and soul into heaven at the end of her life. These dogmas are defined truths that Catholics must believe based on revelation and sacred tradition. They concern Mary's role in salvation history and her special relationship with God.

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Lesson 2

The Catholic Church has four dogmas regarding Mary: (1) Mary is the Mother of God, (2) Mary remained a virgin her entire life, (3) Mary was conceived without original sin, and (4) Mary was assumed body and soul into heaven at the end of her life. These dogmas are defined truths that Catholics must believe based on revelation and sacred tradition. They concern Mary's role in salvation history and her special relationship with God.

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Mariology: The 03

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Four Dogmas of Mary 05

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The lady who is blessed and worthy of praises
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and veneration for the Catholic is Mary. But the
one who is the favorite subject of furious 03
religious attacks is also Mary.
-Allan Laniba 04

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The Catholic Church believes that prayer and
worship are distinct from each other. When 01
we pray to the saints we do not worship
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them like how we worship God.
“First of all, I urge that petitions, prayers, 03
intercessions and thanksgiving be made for
everyone.” (1 Timothy 2:1) 04
This teaching of St. Paul is the basis why we
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ask our friends to pray for us, especially the
saints who are in heaven because the prayers 06
of the righteous is powerful (James 5:16).
Protestants believe that worship automatically equates to adoration
of God. Whereas, Catholicism follows the biblical understanding of 01

worship wherein it is a general term that have three distinct actions: 02

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Latria
Hyperdulia 04
Dulia
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An act of An of respect An of respect 04


adoration or towards the towards the
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worship due to Blessed Virgin saints.
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God alone. Mary.
Doctrine
and Dogmas
Doctrine Dogma 01

Greek word doxa, meaning


•Dogma is a subset of 02
“belief”. Doctrine.
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The Doctrines of the church
•It includes the
are teachings or sets of beliefs 04
divinely revealed
which must be believed by
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the followers of the religion. truth, declared as such
Doctrines include dogmas by the infallible 06

and other teachings teaching authority of


definitively proposed by the
the church.
church.
Four
Dogmas
The Four Dogmas
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1 3 02

Mary, Immaculate 03
Mother of Conception
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God
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Perpetual Assumption 06

Virginity of Mary
Motherhood of Mary 01

• This was affirmed by the Catholic Church in 02


431 A.D. at the Council of Ephesus.
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• Nestorianism - He contested that the title
insisting that Mary is the mother of the man- 04

Jesus and not of God-Jesus. 05


• The Council was opened by John, the 06
patriarch of Antioch and St. Cyril of
Alexandria.
Motherhood of Mary 01

• In Greek, this title is “Theotokos” which 02


means “God bearer”.
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• She conceived and delivered Jesus’ whole
nature as God-man. 04

• In Latin, the title usually appear as 05


“Diegenetrix’” but according to most of the 06
theologians, the most equivalent is
“Diepara”.
Motherhood of Mary 01

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When Jesus was conceived by Mary, his 03

two natures are already unified. Two 04


natures in one.
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“Hypostatic union”
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Perpetual Virginity 01

• Did she remain a virgin after Jesus was 02

born? 03
• This is some of the questions used by
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antagonists to defy the second Marian
dogma of Perpetual Virginity 05

• The dogma of Mary’s Perpetual Virginity was 06

formally defined by the Catholic Church in


649 A.D.
Perpetual Virginity 01

• Virgin as defined by the New World Dictionary 02

Concordance to the New American Bible is “a 03


woman who has not had a sexual intercourse.
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(John 20:19-20)
• This event tells us that Jesus can enter in 05

closed room of glass without breaking it. 06


• Therefore, Mary remained virgin after Jesus’
birth.
Immaculate Conception 01

• The Dogma says that the Virgin Mary was 02


preserved from original sin from the first
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moment of her conception.
• The dichotomy opinions among the Dominicans 04

and Franciscans was ended through the 05


declaration of Pope Pius IX that “the universal
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redemption of Jesus was anticipated by Mary at
the moment of her conception in view of her
divine motherhood.”
Immaculate Conception 01

• Christ’s body is to be prepared perfectly 02


necessary for salvation.
• To perfect the preparation, it should be prepared 03

from a being who has also been prepared perfectly. 04


• Not all who died sinned. Jesus died but it does 05
not mean he sinned
• Mary is foreordained to be immaculate to fulfill 06

the plan of salvation in Jesus Christ’s perfect


offering of his body and blood.
Assumption of Mary 01

• It has been said that Mary has assumed into 02

heaven. 03
• The Assumption of Mary was declared as dogma
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of the Catholic Faith by Pope Pious XII.
• The dogma defined that Virgin Mary, at the end 05

of her life, was taken into heavenly glory body 06


and soul.
Assumption of Mary 01

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The Assumption of Mary is based more on
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the truth embedded in the Christian Tradition.
This is the most difficult to prove if we use the 04

Bible alone. 05

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Assumption of Mary 01

The argument is: 02

In the last day, Jesus will come to judge the 03


living and the dead. Since judgment day yet
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to come, no one has received his reward and
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punishment yet. So the dead are waiting for
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the last Judgment. Then, Mary is still here on
earth waiting for the final judgment.
The Catholic Tradition said that Mary died in
Jerusalem in 48 A.D. Saint Thomas the Apostle was 01
not able to attend the last day of Mary. After five days 02
from interment, St. Thomas arrived and requested to 03
see the remains of the mother of their Master Jesus.
Upon his assertive request, the sepulcher was 04
opened. To their surprise, they saw nothing but empty 05
tomb. The body of Mary was no longer there. Some 06
may doubt the authenticity of the story. But the tomb
was sealed with mark by the government when they
opened it
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