LD04　The Historical Development of the Doctrine & Theology of May (2 credits)

Lecturer: Maria Goretti LAU

Description: 

1. Introduction

1.1    Mariology and Christology

1.2    Mariology and Ecclesiology

1.3    Why does the Church need a theology of Mary?

1.4    Methodology

2. Mary in Scripture

2.1   "Woman" in the Old Testament

2.2   "Woman" in the New Testament

2.3   Mary's Magnificat in St. Luke's Gospel

3. Some Theological Themes in the Writings of Church Fathers

3.1   Mary as the Archetype of the Church

3.2   Mary as the "New Eve"

4. Mary: Mother of God

5. Mary: Mother of the Church and Mother of the Human Family

6. The Immaculate Conception of Mary

7. The Virginity of Mary

8. The Assumption of Mary

9. The Mariology of Vatican II: Lumen Gentium Chapter Eight

Reference: 

1. BRWON R.E. & Others (ed.), Mary in the New Testament: A Collaborative Assesment by Protestant and Roman Catholic Scholars (Philadelphia: 1978).

2. "Lumen Gentium" Chapter 8 (Document of Vatican II).

3. Pope John Paul II, Encyclical letter: Redemptoris Mater (Rome: 1988).

4. SCHILEBEECKX E., Mary, Mother of the Redemption (New  York: 1964).

5. SEMMELROTH O., Mary, Archetype of the Church (Dublin:  1964).

6. 「聖母瑪利亞」，《神思》(13)。香港：思維出版社，1992。

Note:

Not offered this year