Mariology

[ mair-ee-ol-uh-jee ]

noun

1. the body of belief, doctrine, and opinion concerning the Virgin Mary.
2. the study of the person and nature of the Virgin Mary, especially in reference to her role in the incarnation of God in Christ.

Mariology

/ ˌmɛərɪˈɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. RC Church the study of the traditions and doctrines concerning the Virgin Mary

Derived Forms

• ˌMariˈologist, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Mariology¹

First recorded in 1855–60; Mary + -o- + -logy

Example Sentences

The children of murdered republicans would be brainwashed with mariology and hagiology.

From The Guardian

Father Laurentin specialized in Mariology, the study of the Virgin Mary, but his columns for France’s Le Figaro newspaper and his scores of books often ranged far afield.

From Washington Post

These days, however, some feminist readers like Vanderbilt University's Amy-Jill Levine, editor of the forthcoming Feminist Companion to Mariology, are more interested in what might be called Mary's feistiness.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mariology is an excrescence, i.e., a diseased construct of theological thought.

From Time Magazine Archive

Protestant laymen still generally feel this way but, says Lutheran Theologian Joseph Sittler of the University of Chicago Divinity School, "there is new thinking on the part of Protestant scholars about Mariology."

From Time Magazine Archive