Mother of the Church

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Catholic honorific title Marian title

Mother of the Church is a Catholic honorific title for the Virgin Mary that emphasizes her spiritual motherhood over all Christians and the entire Church.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic honorific title → Marian title →
appliesTo	all Christians → the entire Church →
associatedWithCouncil	Second Vatican Council →
associatedWithEvent	Pentecost →
associatedWithScripture	Acts 1:14 → John 19:26–27 →
category	Catholic ecclesiology → Titles of Mary →
commemoratedIn	Liturgy of the Hours → Roman Missal →
connectedToDoctrine	Communion of Saints → Mystical Body of Christ →
declaredBy	Pope Paul VI →
declaredDuring	Second Vatican Council →
declaredInDocument	Lumen gentium →
declaredOn	1964-11-21 →
devotionalAspect	Marian consecration of the Church →
emphasizes	spiritual motherhood of Mary →
hasAlternativeName	Mater Ecclesiae →
hasFeastInGeneralRomanCalendar	yes →
hasPatronageOver	the universal Church →
honorificFor	Blessed Virgin Mary →
iconographyDepicts	Mary with the Church or faithful →
language	Latin →
liturgicalMemorialDate	Monday after Pentecost →
liturgicalMemorialEstablishedBy	Pope Francis →
liturgicalMemorialEstablishedOn	2018-02-11 →
liturgicalRank	obligatory memorial →
meaning	Mother of the Church →
promotedBy	Pope Benedict XVI → Pope Francis → Pope John Paul II →
refersTo	Virgin Mary →
relatedConcept	Mary, Mother of Christians → Mary, Mother of God →
religiousTradition	Catholicism → Roman Catholic Church →
theologicalTheme	Mary as mother of Christ’s Mystical Body → Mary’s maternal mediation →
titleType	ecclesiological Marian title →
usedIn	Catholic liturgy → Catholic theology →
veneratedIn	Latin Church → Roman Rite →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mary →	honorificTitle
Mother of the Church →	meaning
Saint Mary →	title