Book Critique of MARY, The Church at the Source by Ratzinger and Balthasar

Book Critique of MARY, The Church at the Source by Ratzinger and Balthasar

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

I. "My Word Shall Not Return To Me Empty!"

II. THOUGHTS ON THE PLACE OF MARIAN DOCTRINE AND PIETY

1 The Background and Significance of the Second Vatican Council's Declarations on Mariology

2 The Positive Function of Marilogy in Theology

3 The Place of Mariology in the Whole of Theology

4 Mariology - Anthropology - Faith in Creation

5 Marian Piety

III. THE SIGN OF THE WOMAN

Introductory Essay

I. Methodological Aspects - (1) Reading the Bible as a Whole

I. Methodological Aspects - (2) The Feminine Line in the Bible

I. Methodological Aspects - (3) A Historical and Dynamic Mariology

I. Methodological Aspects - (4) Bimillenarism?

II. Four Focal Points of the Text - (1) Mary – The Believer

II. Four Focal Points of the Text - (2) The Sign of the Woman

II. Four Focal Points of the Text - (3) Marian Mediation

II. Four Focal Points of the Text - (4) Interpretation of the Marian Year

IV. HAIL, FULL OF GRACE

Elements of Marian Piety According to the Bible

Mary, Daughter of Zion - Mother of Believers

Mary as Prophetess

Mary in the Paschal Mystery

V. ET INCARNATUS EST DE SPIRITU SANCTO EX MARIA VIRGINE

Introduction

1. The Grammar and Content of the Sentence "Et Incarnatus Est" in the Creed

2. "Et Incarnatus Est": The Biblical Background

3. God's Footprints

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