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