Who
Joseph Ratzinger, theologian of the Council and prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; he resigned in 2013, the first pope to do so since Gregory XII.
Sources
- Annuario Pontificio
Lineage
In the succession →See of Rome, 2005–2013.
- Succeeded
- Succeeded by
In Jewish Roots of Mary
Who
Theologian and pope. As Joseph Ratzinger he supplied Pitre's methodological motto — that the New Testament's Mary is 'woven entirely of Old Testament threads' — and as pope he preached that the living Ark is Mary's body, not only her soul.
Quoted works
- as Joseph Ratzinger — 'The image of Mary in the New Testament is woven entirely of Old Testament threads' (p 16)
- Homily for the Solemnity of the Assumption, 15 August 2011 — 'As the living Ark of the Covenant, she has an extraordinary destiny of glory… already lives in God's Heaven with her whole being, body and soul' (p 64)