Church Documents - Mary, Women in the Church and Spiritual Motherhood
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Ineffabilis Deus (Ineffable God)
Apostolic Constitution on the Immaculate Conception
Pope Pius IX
1854
Ad Diem Illum Laetissimum
Encyclical Letter on the Immaculate Conception
Pope Pius X
1904
Munificentissimus Deus (Most Bountiful God)
Apostolic Constitution Defining the Dogma of the Assumption
Pope Pius XII
1950
Ad Caeli Reginam
Encyclical Letter on Proclaiming the Queenship of Mary
Pope Pius XII
1954
Il Temptio Massimo
Letter to Women Religious
Pope John XXIII
1962
Lumen Gentium (Light of the Nations)
Dogmatic Constitution on the Church
Chapter VIII - The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God in the Mystery of Christ and the Church
Second Vatican Council
1964
Marialis Cultus
Apostolic Exhortation for the Right Ordering and Development of Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Pope Paul VI
1974
Redemptoris Mater (Mother of the Redeemer)
Encyclical Letter on the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Life of the Pilgrim Church
Pope John Paul II
1987
Mulieris Dignitatem
Apostolic Letter on the Dignity and Vocation of Women
Pope John Paul II
1995
Letter to Women
Pope John Paul II
1995