Catholic Mariology
Dogmatic teachings
Marian Roman Catholic dogmas present infallible Church teachings about Mary and her relation to Jesus Christ, and reflect the role of Mary in the economy of salvation.

Catholic Mariology

Section Title: Dogmatic teachings
Table Section Text: Marian Roman Catholic dogmas present infallible Church teachings about Mary and her relation to Jesus Christ, and reflect the role of Mary in the economy of salvation.

Name	First Magisterial Definition	Dogma content

Mother of God	Council of Ephesus (431)	Mother of God, not that the nature of the Word or his divinity received the beginning of its existence from the holy Virgin, but that, since the holy body, animated by a rational soul, which the Word of God united to himself according to the hypostasis, was born from her, the Word is said to be born according to the flesh.

Assumption into heaven	Pope Pius XII (1950)	Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory

Immaculate Conception	Pope Pius IX (1854)	Mary, at her conception, was preserved immaculate from Original Sin

Perpetual virginity	Baptismal symbols since the 3rd century	'Perpetual virginity of Mary', means that Mary was a virgin before, during and after giving birth

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Mother of God was formally defined at the Council of Ephesus in 431.

final_sentence: Mother of God was formally defined at the Council of Ephesus in 431.