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The Immaculate Conception Of The Blessed Virgin Mary, John Klapheke
The Immaculate Conception Of The Blessed Virgin Mary, John Klapheke
Undergraduate Theses
This thesis seeks to highlight notable circumstances and schools of thought which led up to Blessed Pope Pius IX’s 1854 Proclamation of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Namely, this paper seeks to show how the Immaculate Conception transitioned from a tradition held by the faithful to official Catholic Church dogma functioning as a core teaching of Catholicism.