That’s quite an indictment, and a possibly overreaching one.
“That’s quite an indictment, and a possibly overreaching one.”
From me???????????????????????
P, Leo XIII had some of those odd Marian notions which have caused so much heartburn over the past 100 years, especially that Co-Redemptrix idea. His concept of Panagia as a mediatrix of grace is particularly dangerous as it sets her up as a sort of gatekeeper between humanity and the grace of God which falls on the people like rain on the earth. His beliefs in this area are far outside the consensus patrum and, fankly, smack of a sort of extreme religious enthusiasm. Bottom line, P, Leo XIII is just one of those Popes that its best not to cite to when looking for a discussion with Orthodox Christians. The man doubtless had many admirable qualities but his Satis Cognitum for us trumps them.
Have +BXVI write an encyclical on the scriptures and its likely we’ll salute that with our own degree of enthusiasm! :)