Date of Project
5-8-2021
Document Type
Honors Thesis
School Name
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Theology
Major Advisor
Gregory Hillis, Ph. D.
Second Advisor
Rev. Fr. Shayne Duvall
Third Advisor
Sr. Angie Shaughnessy, J.D.
Abstract
This thesis seeks to highlight notable circumstances and schools of thought which led up to Blessed Pope Pius IX’s 1854 Proclamation of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Namely, this paper seeks to show how the Immaculate Conception transitioned from a tradition held by the faithful to official Catholic Church dogma functioning as a core teaching of Catholicism.
Recommended Citation
Klapheke, John, "The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary" (2021). Undergraduate Theses. 72.
https://scholarworks.bellarmine.edu/ugrad_theses/72
Included in
Catholic Studies Commons, Comparative Methodologies and Theories Commons, Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons