The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the Mystery of Christ and the Church

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chapter of a dogmatic constitution conciliar document section

"The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the Mystery of Christ and the Church" is the eighth chapter of the Second Vatican Council’s dogmatic constitution *Lumen Gentium*, presenting Catholic teaching on Mary’s role in salvation history and in relation to Christ and the Church.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the Mystery of Christ and the Church canonical	2
Chapter VIII: The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the Mystery of Christ and the Church	1
Mary as Mother of the Church	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1389496 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the Mystery of Christ and the Church
Context triple: [Lumen Gentium, chapterTitle, The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the Mystery of Christ and the Church]

A. Part Two: The Celebration of the Christian Mystery
Part Two: The Celebration of the Christian Mystery is the section of the Catechism of the Catholic Church that systematically explains the liturgy and sacraments as the Church’s means of making Christ’s saving work present in believers’ lives.
B. Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ
"Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ" is an ecumenical theological document produced by the Anglican–Roman Catholic International Commission that explores the role of the Virgin Mary in Christian faith and seeks common ground between Anglican and Roman Catholic teachings about her.
C. Perpetual Virginity of Mary
The Perpetual Virginity of Mary is a Christian doctrine teaching that Mary remained a virgin before, during, and after the birth of Jesus.
D. On the Incarnation
On the Incarnation is a foundational Christian theological treatise by Athanasius of Alexandria that explains and defends the doctrine of the Word of God becoming human in Jesus Christ for the salvation of humanity.
E. In Service to the Church in the World
"In Service to the Church in the World" is the guiding motto of Princeton Theological Seminary, expressing its commitment to preparing leaders for faithful Christian ministry and global engagement.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the Mystery of Christ and the Church
Target entity description: "The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the Mystery of Christ and the Church" is the eighth chapter of the Second Vatican Council’s dogmatic constitution *Lumen Gentium*, presenting Catholic teaching on Mary’s role in salvation history and in relation to Christ and the Church.

A. Part Two: The Celebration of the Christian Mystery
Part Two: The Celebration of the Christian Mystery is the section of the Catechism of the Catholic Church that systematically explains the liturgy and sacraments as the Church’s means of making Christ’s saving work present in believers’ lives.
B. Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ
"Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ" is an ecumenical theological document produced by the Anglican–Roman Catholic International Commission that explores the role of the Virgin Mary in Christian faith and seeks common ground between Anglican and Roman Catholic teachings about her.
C. Perpetual Virginity of Mary
The Perpetual Virginity of Mary is a Christian doctrine teaching that Mary remained a virgin before, during, and after the birth of Jesus.
D. On the Incarnation
On the Incarnation is a foundational Christian theological treatise by Athanasius of Alexandria that explains and defends the doctrine of the Word of God becoming human in Jesus Christ for the salvation of humanity.
E. In Service to the Church in the World
"In Service to the Church in the World" is the guiding motto of Princeton Theological Seminary, expressing its commitment to preparing leaders for faithful Christian ministry and global engagement.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chapter of a dogmatic constitution ⓘ conciliar document section ⓘ
addresses	proper veneration of Mary ⓘ
affirmsDoctrine	Assumption of Mary ⓘ Divine motherhood of Mary ⓘ Immaculate Conception of Mary ⓘ linked to: Immaculate Conception Perpetual virginity of Mary ⓘ linked to: Perpetual Virginity of Mary
affirmsTitle	Mediatrix in a subordinate sense ⓘ Mother of God ⓘ Mother of the Church ⓘ
approvedBy	Pope Paul VI ⓘ
chapterNumber	8 ⓘ
citationStyleTitle	De Beata Maria Virgine Deipara in mysterio Christi et Ecclesiae ⓘ
contextWithinDocument	ecclesiological teaching of Lumen Gentium ⓘ
council	Second Vatican Council ⓘ
distinguishes	veneration of Mary from adoration of God ⓘ
emphasizes	Christ as the one Mediator ⓘ Mary as exemplar of discipleship ⓘ Mary’s faith and obedience ⓘ Mary’s presence in the life of the Church ⓘ subordinate and participatory character of Marian mediation ⓘ
encourages	biblically grounded Marian devotion ⓘ imitation of Mary’s virtues ⓘ liturgical veneration of Mary ⓘ
influenced	post–Vatican II Catholic Marian theology ⓘ subsequent papal teaching on Mary ⓘ
integrates	Mariology into Christology ⓘ Mariology into ecclesiology ⓘ
languageOfPromulgation	Latin ⓘ
partOf	Dogmatic Constitution on the Church ⓘ Lumen Gentium ⓘ
promulgatedInYear	1964 ⓘ
promulgatedOn	21 November 1964 ⓘ
subject	Catholic doctrine on Mary ⓘ Mariology ⓘ relationship of Mary to Christ ⓘ relationship of Mary to the Church ⓘ role of Mary in salvation history ⓘ
theologicalFocus	Mary as Mother of God ⓘ linked to: Divine Maternity of Mary Mary as type and model of the Church ⓘ Mary’s cooperation in Christ’s redemptive work ⓘ Mary’s intercession for the faithful ⓘ Mary’s maternal mediation ⓘ Mary’s role in the communion of saints ⓘ
warnsAgainst	exaggeration in Marian devotion ⓘ narrow-mindedness in Marian devotion ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lumen Gentium → chapterTitle → The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the Mystery of Christ and the Church ⓘ

subject linked to: LG

Mary as Mediatrix → relatedConcept → Mary as Mother of the Church ⓘ

linked to: The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the Mystery of Christ and the Church

Dogmatic Constitution on the Church → hasChapter → Chapter VIII: The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the Mystery of Christ and the Church ⓘ