Mother of the Church

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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.

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Mother of the Church canonical 9

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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
Missale Romanum
surface form: Roman Missal
connectedToDoctrine People of God
surface form: Communion of Saints

Mystical Body of Christ
declaredBy Pope Paul VI
declaredDuring Second Vatican Council
declaredInDocument Lumen Gentium
surface form: Lumen gentium
declaredOn 1964-11-21
devotionalAspect Marian consecration of the Church
emphasizes spiritual motherhood of Mary
hasAlternativeName Mater Ecclesiae
hasFeastInGeneralRomanCalendar yes
hasPatronageOver universal Church
surface form: the universal Church
honorificFor Virgin Mary
surface form: 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 self-link
promotedBy Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Francis
Pope John Paul II
refersTo Virgin Mary
relatedConcept Virgin Mary
surface form: Mary, Mother of Christians

Virgin Mary
surface form: Mary, Mother of God
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism

Roman Catholicism
surface form: 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 worldwide
surface form: Latin Church

Roman Rite

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Mary honorificTitle Mother of the Church
Saint Mary title Mother of the Church
Mother of the Church meaning Mother of the Church self-link
Marian devotions associatedWith Mother of the Church
Titles of Mary hasExample Mother of the Church
Our Lady of Light honoredAs Mother of the Church
Mater Ecclesiae translation Mother of the Church
Mater Ecclesiae relatedConcept Mother of the Church