The Blessed Virgin Mary, Volume I
Type
Book
Authors
Category
Our Lady
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Publication Year
1963
Publisher
B. Herder, United States
Volume
1
Pages
341
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Description
The present volume is not merely another book to be added to the ever-growing library of Mariology. It is a veritable encyclopedia of the theology of Mary and as such will be welcomed not only by professional students of Mariology but by all the devout clients of our Lady and Mother.
Dr. Alastruey has gone back to the very sources of devotion to Mary in order to verify the foundations of Mariology. In his quest for the orthodox conclusions which may be drawn from the theological principle of Mariology - her divine maternity - he has investigated laboriously the teaching of the magisterium of the Church, the sources of divine revelation, the Fathers of the Church and theologians, the sentiment of the faithful and the liturgical practices of the Church. No source has been ignored in this magisterial study.
This does not mean that all who read this volume will be in complete accord with the conclusions of the author, for in many instances there is a variance or even a contradiction between Church Fathers or the theologians of diverse schools. Nevertheless, Dr. Alastruey is careful to distinguish those conclusions which are de fide from those which are still "open" questions in Mariology. Some of them will perhaps never be settled definitively because revelation is silent about them.
In this first of two volumes the author treats of Mary's name and genealogy, her birth and early life, and her marriage to St. Joseph. Turning then to matters that are more strictly the theology of Mary, he investigates her immaculate conception, her divine maternity, her perpetual virginity, her growth in grace, her death and assumption, and her life in glory. The volume terminates with an investigation of Mary's gifts of grace and her attributes of body and soul.
The Author
Dr. Gregory Alastruey is a canon in the Metropolitan Church of Valladolid, Spain, and former Rector of the Pontifical University of Salamanca. For most of his priestly life he has been dedicated to the teaching of theology, with special emphasis on the theology of Mary. His first publication on Mariology was issued in 1934, in Latin. The present work first appeared in 1945, but was edited anew in 1952. It has also been translated into Italian.
The Translator
Sister Mary Janet LaGiglia is a Dominican Sister of the Dominican Congregation whose Motherhouse is in Springfield, Illinois. This is her first major work of a published translation and she is at present stationed in Chicago, Illinois.
Taken from the inside flaps.
Dr. Alastruey has gone back to the very sources of devotion to Mary in order to verify the foundations of Mariology. In his quest for the orthodox conclusions which may be drawn from the theological principle of Mariology - her divine maternity - he has investigated laboriously the teaching of the magisterium of the Church, the sources of divine revelation, the Fathers of the Church and theologians, the sentiment of the faithful and the liturgical practices of the Church. No source has been ignored in this magisterial study.
This does not mean that all who read this volume will be in complete accord with the conclusions of the author, for in many instances there is a variance or even a contradiction between Church Fathers or the theologians of diverse schools. Nevertheless, Dr. Alastruey is careful to distinguish those conclusions which are de fide from those which are still "open" questions in Mariology. Some of them will perhaps never be settled definitively because revelation is silent about them.
In this first of two volumes the author treats of Mary's name and genealogy, her birth and early life, and her marriage to St. Joseph. Turning then to matters that are more strictly the theology of Mary, he investigates her immaculate conception, her divine maternity, her perpetual virginity, her growth in grace, her death and assumption, and her life in glory. The volume terminates with an investigation of Mary's gifts of grace and her attributes of body and soul.
The Author
Dr. Gregory Alastruey is a canon in the Metropolitan Church of Valladolid, Spain, and former Rector of the Pontifical University of Salamanca. For most of his priestly life he has been dedicated to the teaching of theology, with special emphasis on the theology of Mary. His first publication on Mariology was issued in 1934, in Latin. The present work first appeared in 1945, but was edited anew in 1952. It has also been translated into Italian.
The Translator
Sister Mary Janet LaGiglia is a Dominican Sister of the Dominican Congregation whose Motherhouse is in Springfield, Illinois. This is her first major work of a published translation and she is at present stationed in Chicago, Illinois.
Taken from the inside flaps.
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