Book Critique of MARY, The Church at the Source by Ratzinger and Balthasar
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
I. "My Word Shall Not Return To Me Empty!"
II. THOUGHTS ON THE PLACE OF MARIAN DOCTRINE AND PIETY
1 The Background and Significance of the Second Vatican Council's Declarations on Mariology
2 The Positive Function of Marilogy in Theology
3 The Place of Mariology in the Whole of Theology
4 Mariology - Anthropology - Faith in Creation
5 Marian Piety
III. THE SIGN OF THE WOMAN
Introductory Essay
I. Methodological Aspects - (1) Reading the Bible as a Whole
I. Methodological Aspects - (2) The Feminine Line in the Bible
I. Methodological Aspects - (3) A Historical and Dynamic Mariology
I. Methodological Aspects - (4) Bimillenarism?
II. Four Focal Points of the Text - (1) Mary – The Believer
II. Four Focal Points of the Text - (2) The Sign of the Woman
II. Four Focal Points of the Text - (3) Marian Mediation
II. Four Focal Points of the Text - (4) Interpretation of the Marian Year
IV. HAIL, FULL OF GRACE
Elements of Marian Piety According to the Bible
Mary, Daughter of Zion - Mother of Believers
Mary as Prophetess
Mary in the Paschal Mystery
V. ET INCARNATUS EST DE SPIRITU SANCTO EX MARIA VIRGINE
Introduction
1. The Grammar and Content of the Sentence "Et Incarnatus Est" in the Creed
2. "Et Incarnatus Est": The Biblical Background
3. God's Footprints