Ad Caeli Reginam
Ad Caeli Reginam Latin for 'To the Queen of Heavens'Botticelli , the coronation of the Virgin
Ad Caeli Reginam is an Queenship of Mary .
HistoryThe title "Queen of Heaven" is given to Mary-based primarily on her role as Theotokos (translated as Mother of God), as proclaimed by the Council of Ephesus in 431. As Christ is King, so his mother is accorded the title of Queen.[1]
Pope Octobri Mense.[3] This title of Mary became generally accepted so that with the encyclical Ad Caeli Reginam, of October 11, 1954, Pope Pius XII instituted the feast of the Queenship of Mary.[4]
Basic teachings"Mary deserves the title because she is Mother of God, because she is closely associated as the New Eve with Jesus’ redemptive work, because of her preeminent perfection, and because of her intercessory power."[5] ContentThe church has always taught that Mary is far above all other creatures in dignity, and after her Son possesses primacy over all. Pius begins by recalling the teachings of the Fathers, Doctors and Popes on Mary's royal dignity. Germanus of Constantinople says: "Your honor and dignity surpass the whole of creation; your greatness places you above the angels."[6] "...[I]t is easily concluded that she is a Queen, since she bore a son who, at the very moment of His conception, because of the hypostatic union of the human nature with the Word, was also as man King and Lord of all things.[7] Pius XII quotes his predecessors: Pope Pius X adds that she fills this office "as by the right of a mother."[9]
He also points to a long tradition of liturgical practice. The title is found in the Liturgy of the Hours(Hail, Holy Queen...) and popular piety (Litany of Loreto). The title of "Queen" is frequently found in Benedictine monasticism. Its use underwent a notable development in the Cistercian reform movement and in the orders of evangelical apostolic life that arose from the beginning of the twelfth century onwards.[10] Pius XII admonishes theologians and preachers from straying from the correct course, avoiding two extremes, Marian exaggerations and excessive narrowness of mind. "It is certain that only Jesus Christ God and Man is King, but Mary as Mother of King and associated to Him in work of divine redemption participates in His royal dignity."[11]
The encyclical points to some countries of the world, where people are unjustly persecuted for their Christian faith and who are deprived of their divine and human rights to freedom. Reasonable demands and repeated protests have not helped them. “May the powerful Queen of creation, whose radiant glance banishes storms and tempests and brings back cloudless skies, look upon these her innocent and tormented children with eyes of mercy” [12] The encyclical established the feast of the Queenship of Mary which was initially celebrated on May 31 but subsequently transferred to August 22, seven days after the Solemnity of the Assumption. Quotes
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