Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: anonymous@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: May 25 1991 Medjegorje message Message-ID: Date: 15 Jun 91 05:32:55 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Society of Independent Newswaifs Lines: 23 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , jabishop@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Jonathan A Bishop) writes: > [Information about Catholic devotion to Mary deleted.] > I realize this > does not help much; if you desire further information, I would suggest finding > a Catholic book on the subject. Unfortunately, many non-Catholic books are > not objective or thorough and, sadly, many Catholics have misconceptions about > Marian doctrine. > Alan Schreck, associate professor of theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio, presents a clear and cogent explanation of the Catholic view of Mary in his book _Catholic and Christian: An Explanation of Commonly Misunderstood Catholic Beliefs_ (Ann Arbor: Servant Books, 1984). For the Catholic Church's official declaration on Mary, one should consult Vatican II's _Dogmatic Constitution on the Church_, also known as _Lumen Gentium_. ************************************************************************ * Liz Broadwell (broadwel@penndrls.upenn.edu) * * * Department of English * Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam * * The University of Pennsylvania * * ************************************************************************