TH327 The Virgin Mary in Scripture and Tradition   (3.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: TH201. Devotion to Mary is an essential element of Catholicism. This course studies Marian devotion from the early Church to Pope John Paul II. Topics include Mary's divine motherhood, immaculate conception and assumption, and the (very controversial) doctrines of her role in salvation history as coredemtrix and mediatrix of grace. IC