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Mary and Jesus Christ: First/Fully
Redeemed of Her Son©
The charts below are direct quotes from Post-Vatican
II Magisterial Documents concerning the theme, First/Fully Redeemed of Her
Son. These teachings of the Catholic Church may prove useful to include in
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II. Mary and Jesus Christ / 1. First/Fully Redeemed
of her Son |
| Lumen Gentium,
1964 |
- redeemed, in a more
exalted fashion, by reason of the merits of her Son
53
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| Creed, Paul VI,
1968 |
- By reason of this
singular election, she was, in consideration of the merits of her
Son, redeemed in a more eminent manner. [15: cf. Conc. Vat. II, LG
53] 14
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| General
Catechetical Directory, 1971 |
- For she was completely
conformed "to her Son, the Lord of lords, and the Conqueror of
sin and death" (LG, 59) 68
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| Behold Your
Mother (USA), 1973 |
- ... no one is saved apart
from Christ. ... the preservative redemption of Mary is totally
and splendidly God's gift to her because she was to be the Mother
of Christ. 53 "the most excellent fruit of the redemption,"
(SC 103) 56
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| Gaudete in Domino,
1975 |
- But she is also open in
an unlimited degree to the joy of the resurrection; and she is
redeemed, immaculate from the moment of her conception, the
incomparable dwelling-place of the
Spirit.
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| Dives in
Misericordia, 1980 |
- having obtained mercy in
an exceptional way, in an equally exceptional way, "merits" that
mercy throughout her earthly life and, particularly, at the foot
of the cross of her Son 9
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| Redemptoris Mater,
1987 |
- In the event of the
Immaculate Conception the Church sees projected, and anticipated
in her most noble member, the saving grace of Easter. 1
- According to the belief
formulated in solemn documents of the Church, this "glory of
grace" is manifested in the Mother of God through the fact that
she has been "redeemed in a more sublime manner." (LG 53)
10
- [Article 10 discusses
preredemption at length] [See also 41]
- Mary receives life from
him to whom she herself, in the order of earthly generation, gave
life as a mother. 10
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| The VM in
Intellectual and Spiritual Formation, 1988
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- She is "the most
excellent fruit of the redemption," (Sacrosanctum
Concilium 103) having been "redeemed in an especially
sublime manner by reason of the merits of her Son" (LG 53); thus
the Fathers of the Church, the Liturgy and the Magisterium have
called her "daughter of her Son" (cf. Concilium
Toletanum XI,48: Denzinger-Schonmetzer, Enchiridion
Symbolorum definitionum et declarationum de rebus fidei et
morum [Barcinone 1976], 536) in the order of grace.
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Catechism of the
Catholic Church, 1994
Fidei Depositum, 1992 |
411
... Mary benefited first of all and uniquely from Christ's victory
over sin: she was preserved from all stain of original sin and by a
special grace of God committed no sin of any kind during her whole
earthly life. (cf. Pius IX, Ineffabilis Deus)
[See also 491]
492 ... she is "redeemed, in a more
exalted fashion, by reason of the merits of her Son." (LG 53,
56)
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