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- We quote a very official text, the Constitution on the Church of Vatican II, P61: "... in suffering with Him as He died on the cross, she cooperated in the work of the Savior, in an altogether singular way, by obedience, faith, hope and burning love, to restore supernatural life to souls."
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The two are intimately connected: the earthly co-operation of the Blessed Virgin in the salvific work of Christ, or coredemption, is seen as the preamble to her mediation which continues now in heaven.
May 29, 2020 · In order to cooperate in the Redemption, Mary must first be redeemed which will render her cooperation acceptable to God. Now that Redemption of Mary is of course, the effect of Christ’s redemptive work.
Throughout the centuries, the Church has meditated on Mary's cooperation in the work of Salvation by deepening its understanding of her association to Christ's redeeming sacrifice. St Augustine in his own time already gave the Virgin the title of "cooperator" of Redemption (cf De Sancta Virginitate, 6; PL 40, 399).
Thus teach the Fathers of the Church and especially St. Irenaeus, quoted by the Constitution Lumen gentium: 'The knot of Eve's disobedience was untied by Mary's obedience; what the virgin Eve bound through her unbelief, the Virgin Mary loosened by her faith.'.
Apr 9, 1997 · St Augustine already gave the Blessed Virgin the title “co-operator” in the Redemption (cf. De Sancta Virginitate, 6; PL 40, 399), a title which emphasizes Mary’s joint but subordinate action with Christ the Redeemer. Reflection has developed along these lines, particularly since the 15th century.
What Pope Benedict XV, Pope John Paul II and other theologians are saying is the Virgin Mary cooperated in our redemption under and subordinate to Christ and that God freely willed to associate the Blessed Mother in an intimate and direct way with her Son in the redemption of mankind.
Repetition on the ordinary level makes a teaching infallible. Seventeen repetitions is far more than enough. The fact of her immediate cooperation in the objective redemption had been vigorously fought against by many theologians, most prominent were Lennerz and Goosens.
