Mary: The Complete Resource (Paperback)

Introduction Section One: The Virgin Mary in Earliest Christianity 1. Mary in the New Testament and Apocrypha Chris Maunder 2. The Conception of the Virgin Mary, from The Protevangelium of James 3. The Annunciation, from The Protevangelium of James 4. The Title Theotokos Sarah Jane Boss 5. Theotokos: The title and its significance in doctrine and devotion Richard Price 6. Cyril of Alexandria on the title Theotokos, from the Third Letter to Nestorius 7. Mary in Patristic Theology Tina Beattie 8. The Origins of Marian Art: The evolution of Marian imagery in the Western Church until AD 31 Geri Parlby 9. Marian Liturgies and Devotion in Early Christianity Stephen J. Shoemaker Section Two: The Cult of the Virgin Mary during the Middle Ages 1. The Development of the Virgin's Cult in the High Middle Ages Sarah Jane Boss 2. The vision of the monk Robert Translated by Sarah Jane Boss 3. Marian Devotion in the Latin West in the Later Middle Ages Eva De Visscher 4. Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from the collection of Johannes Herolt Section Three: Mariology 1. The Development of the Doctrine of Mary's Immaculate Conception Sarah Jane Boss 2. Extract from a Medieval sermon on the Conception of Blessed Mary 3. The English Reformers and the Blessed Virgin Mary Paul Williams 4. Francisco Suarez and Modern Mariology Sarah Jane Boss 5. Ineffabilis Deus: Dogmatic constitution on the Immaculate Conception (extracts) 6. Extracts from Munificentissimus Deus: