Pope John Paul II

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Pope1978–2005

Who

Karol Wojtyła, the first Polish pope; he promulgated the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1992), wrote fourteen encyclicals, and was canonised in 2014.

Sources

Annuario Pontificio

Lineage

In the succession →

See of Rome, 1978–2005.

Succeeded: Pope John Paul I1978
See of Rome, 1978–2005
Succeeded by: Pope Benedict XVI2005–2013
See of Rome, 2005–2013

In Jewish Roots of Mary

Who

Pope whose catecheses on Mary (collected as Theotókos) read the Woman of Revelation 12 of Mary at the cross and describe the Church's birth as the fruit of her labour pains.

Quoted works

Theotókos — the woman clothed with the sun 'is in a certain sense identified with Mary'; her birth pangs 'refer to the Mother of Jesus at the Cross' (p 134)
General Audience, 17 September 1997 — 'On Calvary, Mary united herself to the sacrifice of her Son and made her own maternal contribution to the work of salvation, which took the form of labour pains, the birth of the new humanity' (John 11:52) (p 156)

Connections

Cited by · 4

ArgumentSo where are Mary's real birth pangs?Jewish Roots
the Woman's pangs 'refer to the Mother of Jesus at the Cross' (p 134)
ArgumentPainless at Bethlehem, pains at the passion — Irenaeus, Gregory of Nyssa, John Damascene; Mater DolorosaJewish Roots
Theotókos (p 134)
ArgumentHow Mary becomes Mother of the Church — Ambrose, Vatican II and the New RachelJewish Roots
General Audience, 17 September 1997 (p 156)
ArgumentMother of all disciples — Ambrose, and John Paul II on the Church born from labour painsJewish Roots
General Audience, 17 September 1997 (p 156)

Passages · 2

PassageJohn Paul II — General Audience 17 September 1997Jewish Roots
'On Calvary, Mary united herself to the sacrifice of her Son and made her own maternal contribution to the work of salvation, which took the form of labour pains, the birth of the new humanity' (John 11:52) (p 156)
PassageJohn Paul II — TheotókosJewish Roots
the woman clothed with the sun 'is in a certain sense identified with Mary'; her birth pangs 'refer to the Mother of Jesus at the Cross' (p 134)

Verses discussed · 3

VerseJohn 11:52Jewish Roots
VerseJohn 19:26Jewish Roots
VerseRevelation 12:2Jewish Roots

Referenced by · 2

AuthorityLumen Gentium (Vatican II, 1964)Jewish Roots
AuthorityPope Benedict XVIJewish Roots

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