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To: FreedomCalls
This is simply flowery and beautiful poetic language.

If you're looking for Church dogma, you'll have to consult sources of official teaching, like the Catechism, Church Councils, papal encyclicals, etc.

256 posted on 04/06/2005 1:01:59 PM PDT by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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To: Aquinasfan
If you're looking for Church dogma, you'll have to consult sources of official teaching, like the Catechism, Church Councils, papal encyclicals, etc.

JPII declared her "Queen of the Universe":

     "The truth of the Assumption, defined by Pius XII, is reaffirmed by the Second Vatican Council, which thus expresses the Church's faith: "Preserved free from all guilt of original sin, the Immaculate Virgin was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory upon the completion of her earthly sojourn. She was exalted by the Lord as Queen of the Universe...For the Mother of Christ is glorified as 'Queen of the Universe'." Pope John Paul II, in Redemptoris Mater (On the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Life of the Pilgrim Church), Encyclical promulgated on March 25, 1987, #41.
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_25031987_redemptoris-mater_en.html


262 posted on 04/06/2005 1:07:31 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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