Video – 12 – Theefold Virginity, Part1 – Mariology for Everyone

Mariology for Everyone #12 ( 21min) Play - The second Marian dogma to be declared by the Church is that Mary is a perpetual Virgin. This virginity is threefold before, during and after the birth of Jesus her Son. In this first of two parts on this subject Dr. Miravalle covers:

- Proclamations
- - Pope Martin I 649 Lateran  Council
- - II Constantinople Ecumenical Council
- Virginity is not negative, giving gift to God
- Mary does this perfectly and at same time is Mother of God
- Before Birth
- - Miraculous conception of Jesus, Annunciation
- - Sources
- - - Apostles Creed
- - - Isiah 7:14 - A virgin shall conceive and bear a son
- - - Luke 1:26-38 - I know not man
- - - Permanent condition, vow of virginity
- - - Unanimous among Fathers of the Church
- During the Birth
- - Left womb without opening
- - Physical virginity perceived
- - Fathers refer to "A virgin will bear"
- - Reflection of Jesus leaving the seal of death, resurrection
- - References of recent popes

This series is a complete 50 part introductory course on Mary presented by Dr. Miravalle, a theology professor specializing in Mariology, who has been teaching at the Franciscan University of Steubenville for over 25 years. General topics are as follows:

- Mary as revealed in the Sacred Scriptures, taught and explained by the Church Fathers, the Saints, and the Church's documents
- the proper ways to show childlike love and devotion to the Blessed Mother of Jesus;
- Church's official teaching on Marian apparitions over the centuries.

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Ave Maria!

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