The Dogmatic Importance of the Doctrineof the Association of Mary with Christ

Author Name

Mary Sebastian Gordon, Dominican College of San Rafael

Graduation Date

Summer 1960

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Document Form

Print

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Degree Granting Institution

Catholic University of America

Program Name

Humanities

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to indicate the dogmatic importance of the doctrine of the association of Mary with Christ. This is a doctrine which is fundamental to the whole of the Church's teaching on our Lady. As we shall see., it is one with the principle of Mary's Divine Maternity, for that principle fully stated is: Mary is the Mother of God-the-Redeemer. The principle of association is basic for the theological reasoning as to the fittingness of the dogmas of the Immaculate Conception and Mary's Assumption, as well as for her other prerog­atives, and indeed our devotion to her.