TY - BOOK ID - 136335209 TI - Vessel of honor : the Virgin birth and the ecclesiology of Vatican II PY - 2021 SN - 9781645851172 1645851176 9781645851189 PB - Steubenville, Ohio Emmaus Academic DB - UniCat KW - Mary, KW - Theology KW - Catholic Church KW - Doctrines KW - Vatican Council UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:136335209 AB - The traditional claim that Mary remained a virgin during the very act of giving birth to Jesus is one of the least known and least understood aspects of Marian doctrine today. In "Vessel of Honor", Fr. Brian Graebe provides a solid introduction to the historical development of the doctrine and its reception in modern Catholic theology. He shows that, far from being responsible for its contemporary occlusion, the Second Vatican Council did much to reaffirm the traditional understanding of Mary's perpetual virginity... ER -