This holy pope also evoked the doctrine of co-redemption in his famous encyclical Ad diem illum (1904), for the fiftieth anniversary of the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception: “And from this community of will and suffering between Christ and Mary she merited to become most worthily the Reparatrix of the lost world (Eadmeri Mon.
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In the apostolic constitution Ubi primum (1898), on the Confraternity of the Rosary: “When first, by the secret designs of Divine Providence, we were promoted to the Chair of Peter…Our mind at once turned to the great Mother of God, who was a partner in the work of man’s Redemption.”įinally, in the encyclical Adjutricem populi (1895), Leo XIII gives the most complete expression of this co-redemption, by associating it with the Universal Mediation of Mary: “From her heavenly abode she began, by God’s decree, to watch over the Church, to assist and befriend us as our Mother so that she who was so intimately associated with the mystery of human salvation is just as closely associated with the distribution of the graces which for all time will flow from the Redemption.” Saint Pius X In an encyclical on the rosary, Jucunda semper (1894), the same pope teaches: “there stood by the Cross of Jesus His Mother, who, in a miracle of charity, so that she might receive us as her sons, offered generously to Divine Justice her own Son, and died in her heart with Him, stabbed with the sword of sorrow.” Thus in the encyclical Supremi apostolatus officio (1883): “And truly the Immaculate Virgin, chosen to be the Mother of God and thereby associated with Him in the work of man’s salvation, has a favor and power with her Son greater than any human or angelic creature has ever obtained, or ever can gain.” Several texts by Pope Leo XIII express this doctrine as well. In the bull Ineffabilis Deus, which proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in 1854, Pope Pius IX writes: “Hence, just as Christ, the Mediator between God and man, assumed human nature, blotted the handwriting of the decree that stood against us, and fastened it triumphantly to the cross, so the most holy Virgin, united with him by a most intimate and indissoluble bond, was, with him and through him, eternally at enmity with the evil serpent, and most completely triumphed over him, and thus crushed his head with her immaculate foot.” If the word co-redeemer does not appear, the idea and its reality are well expressed. It is enough to be convinced of it in recalling the words of the popes, from Pius IX, the Pope of the Immaculate Conception, to Pius XII, the Pope of the Glorious Assumption of Our Lady.
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The popes themselves encouraged theologians, as well as the faithful, to better understand this title of our Heavenly Mother. While we strongly oppose the Lefebvrist SSPX, we do so on theological grounds and not out of personal animosity.It is enough to consult any pre-conciliar treaty on Mariology, to realize the importance that the concept of co-redemption, applied to the Virgin Mary, has held sway in theological thought for five centuries. Contrary to what some will say, we’re not publishing this write-up because it’s a golden opportunity to slam the Society of St. Novus Ordo Watch Follow-Up Post with SSPX Response.
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