A Bride Adorned: MaryChurch Perichoresis in Modern Catholic Theology

Starting in the early to mid-nineteenth century, Catholic theology witnessed a profound retrieval of patristic reflection on the interrelationship of the Virgin Mary and the Church. This dynamic reached a doctrinal high point with the declarations of Vatican II and Pope Paul VI concerning Mary as "type of the Church" and "Mother of the Church," and it also provided the impetus for further theological exploration of the deeper unity of the Mother of Christ and his mystical body.

In A Bride Ad...