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Görg, Peter H. ""Sagt an, wer ist doch diese" Inhalt, Rang und Entwicklung der Mariologie in dogmatischen Lehrbüchern und Publikationen deutschsprachiger Dogmatiker des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts." Bonn Nova & Vetera, 2007. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2997113&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.
Full textVollmann, Josef Bertrand. "Eine Mariologie aus den Werken des Thomas von Kempen /." Paring : Augustiner Chorherren Verl, 2003. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb391240512.
Full textHartmann, Stefan. "Die Magd des Herrn : zur heilsgeschichtlichen Mariologie Heinrich M. Kösters /." Regensburg : Pustet, 2009. http://opac.nebis.ch/cgi-bin/showAbstract.pl?u20=9783791721835.
Full textOriginaltitel: Maria in der Heilsgeschichte. Originaltitel: Maria in der Heilsgeschichte, Titel der Diss. Originaltitel: Maria in der Heilsgeschichte, Originaltitel der Dissertation. Literaturverzeichnis: S. 457-510.
Hartmann, Stefan. "Die Magd des Herrn zur heilsgeschichtlichen Mariologie Heinrich M. Kösters." Regensburg Pustet, 2007. http://d-nb.info/992329442/04.
Full textHEES, ROBERT. "La vierge marie et le mystere du salut. La mariologie de 1962 a nos jours." Université Marc Bloch (Strasbourg) (1971-2008), 1993. http://www.theses.fr/1993STR20057.
Full textFrom a historic summary recovering four centuries, going from the concil of trento to the second council of vatican, the thesis presents a current panorama of mariology concerning the last thirty years in a renewed dimension since vatican ii. The thesis draws the doctrinal sights from the conciliar tetxs and analyses their impact on the worship of the virgin mary and the deepening of the marian doctrine in the property of roman autorithy and catholic theology. In a second time, the thesis opens axis of search concerning the place of the virgin mary in the mystery of jesus christ and her role in the economy of salvation according to renovated views coming from the last council
Fuchs, Andreas. "Mariologie und "Wunderglaube" : ein kritischer Beitrag zur spiritualitätstheologischen Valenz der Mariophanie im Kontext humanwissenschaftlicher Fragestellungen /." Regensburg Pustet, 2009. http://d-nb.info/992329515/04.
Full textDittrich, Achim. "Mater Ecclesiae : Geschichte und Bedeutung eines umstrittenen Marientitels /." Würzburg Echter, 2009. http://d-nb.info/995404631/04.
Full textPinto-Mathieu, Elisabeth. "La "Vie des Pères" : genèse de contes religieux du XIIIe siècle /." Paris : H. Champion, 2009. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb420257516.
Full textDřevojánek, David. "La figure mariale dans l'ecclésiologie d'Yves Congar et d'Hans Urs Von Balthasar." Master's thesis, Université Laval, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/19333.
Full textGadeyne, François. "Symbolisme de l’Apparition de Léon Bloy, confluent littéraire, historique et spirituel." Thesis, Paris 4, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PA040034.
Full textSymbolism of the Apparition of Leon Bloy is at the origin of his whole work. The shadows of our knowledge about the genesis and the writing of this text require light on the historical factors of this unfinished project and the influences received by the author. The tutelary figure of father Tardif de Moidrey exerts on him the most important influence, in addition to Ernest Hello and Anne -Marie Roulé. A historical research helps to enlighten the reasons for his profound influence on Bloy and the guidelines of his thoughts on a few major themes : a genealogical view of history, the reference to the Middle Ages, the repair through sacrifice and the hope of the « return » of the Jews and of the fulfillment of the prophecies. The authority of the Summa Theologica brings to these themes a philosophical basis, and the cult of Mary gathers them all. Tardif has transmitted to Bloy the idea of applying the symbolic exegesis to the apparitions of the Virgin. This exegesis itself is interpreted in an historical perspective, as well as the Mariology, that Symbolism of the Apparition reflects and extends
Lewis, Albert. "Responsorisch Kirche sein : Antwortgestalt und Sendung der Kirche nach Hans Urs von Balthasar /." Berlin : Lit, 2007. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2922802&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.
Full textLima, Danielle Ventura Bandeira de. "DEVOÇÃO E SANTIDADE NAS CASAS DE CARIDADE: A IDEALIZAÇÃO MARIANA DO PADRE IBIAPINA." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, 2014. http://localhost:8080/tede/handle/tede/765.
Full textThis paper aims at analyzing socio-cultural relations prevailing inside father Ibiapina s Charity Houses, which contributed to his social work emphasizing the figure of Mary as developed by Classical Mariology. In this sense, Reception History was an important tool in this analysis, along with a dialogue with some distinguished authors who privilege this gender in their works. A review of the works of Bourdieu, Geertz, Berger, and Foucault among other social thinkers was necessary to accomplish a more vivid portrait of the social interactions experienced in the research, as well as the religious foundation of their relations, considering that their ideas allowed us to make an in-depth study of the social constructions that prevail in them. This kind of reflection let a large result concerning father Ibiana s letters, the sisters of charity ones, the statute ruling the Charity Houses, the poems of the charity sisters published in the Voz da Religião no Cariri newspaper, and the moral maxima written down by father Ibiapina. All considered, we are sure that these core issues granted a better comprehension of what happens among the members of the group and between them and their counterparts.
Esta tese teve como intuito analisar as relações socioculturais existentes nas Casas de Caridade do Padre Ibiapina que contribuíram para sua obra social, dando ênfase à figura de Maria nos moldes da Mariologia Clássica. Para tanto, foram utilizadas como ferramentas de análise as reflexões trazidas pela história da recepção em diálogo com alguns autores que trazem o gênero como categoria analítica. Contudo, para um maior aprofundamento das interações sociais vivenciadas pelo grupo em estudo e, sobretudo, da religiosidade que embasa as suas relações, foi feita uma retomada dos estudos de, dentre outros autores, Bourdieu, Geertz, Berge e Foucault, tendo em vista que, a partir destes, foi possível estudar com profundidade a tessitura das construções sociais ali predominantes. Tal reflexão se deu em constante recorrência às cartas do Padre Ibiapina, das Irmãs de Caridade e dos beatos, ao estatuto que regia as Casas de Caridade do Padre Ibiapina, aos versos compostos pelas Irmãs de Caridade presentes no jornal Voz da Religião no Cariri, às máximas morais escritas pelo Padre Ibiapina, com um estudo voltado para a cultura brasileira e, especialmente, a nordestina, bem como a visão de Maria enquanto alvo de devoção e modelo de santidade, por serem estes pontos basilares para a garantia da compreensão do grupo em questão.
Fairise, Christelle. "Écrire et réécrire la vie de la Vierge en Islande au Moyen âge (XIIIe-XIVe siècles), la "Maríu saga" : étude et traduction." Thesis, Toulouse 2, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017TOU20053.
Full textMaríu saga is an anonymous hagiographic saga relating the story of Mary’s life, from her Conception to her Assumption, written in the vernacular and composed in the monastic milieu between the last third of the thirteenth century and the second half of the fourteenth century in Iceland. Coupled with an unprecedented translation of the text, this dissertation offers a new approach to Maríu saga that I situate within the long literary and theological tradition of the Lives of the Virgin – these Marian biographic homilies which draw on apocryphal gospels were composed by monks and theologians from the seventh to the tenth century in the Byzantine Empire –, and that I put into the European medieval literary and cultural context in order to examine the literary and doctrinal issues raised by the act of writing and rewriting the life of the Virgin in Iceland in the Middle Ages. I successively consider Maríu saga from different perspectives: in a first part, from the history of the reception of biblical and parabiblical texts; in a second part, from an historical and a philological aspect; in a third part, from a literary point of view; and in a fourth part, from a theological angle. My aim is to demonstrate through the study of its poetics and its doctrine that, like the medieval ecclesiastical lives of Mary, Maríu saga bears specific features of its cultural area of its time: medium between literature and theology, this work is a narrative hagiographic text that presents the double interest of being the witness both to the practice of hagiographic rewriting in the vernacular and to the doctrinal development and the evolution of the theological reflection on Mary, and in fact on Christ, in medieval Iceland
Tibbetts, James J. S. F. O. "The historical development of biblical Mariology pre- and post-Vatican II (1943-1986 American Mariology)." IMRI - Marian Library / OhioLINK, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=udmarian1431444995.
Full textWinek, Albertsson Anna. "Maria –syster, himladrottning eller..? : Herrens moder i Svenska kyrkans tro och liv i nutid." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-100032.
Full textOakes, Catherine Margaret. "An iconographic study of the Virgin as intercessor, mediator and purveyor of mercy in western understanding from the twelfth to the fifteenth century." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/0d1fd2ca-3d1f-48c8-97fe-df765dcf9273.
Full textVennberg, Gunvor. "Moder och modern? : Svenskkyrklig mariologi och synen på kön och kyrka 1920-2010." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-67007.
Full textJiron, Keith Isaac Akira. "The Mariology of Saint Manuel Gonzalez Garcia (1877 - 1940)." IMRI - Marian Library / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=udmarian1621952887670156.
Full textJiron, Keith I. A. "The Mariology of Saint Manuel Gonzalez Garcia (1877 – 1940)." IMRI - Marian Library / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=udmarian1627398611982487.
Full textPadgett, Christopher M. "The Life and Mariology of Father Juniper B. Carol, O.F.M." IMRI - Marian Library / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=udmarian1582553304538469.
Full textSchumacher, Larry E. "Mariology in the Roman Catholic church product of Bible and tradition? /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1989. http://www.tren.com.
Full textWilliams, Joan Mary. "A historical and biblical portrait of Mary for a renewed Mariology." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.
Full textJonsson, Jenny. "”Ty då trädde en kvist fram från vilket den blomma skulle komma som kungar och profeter längtat efter” : Heliga Birgittas Mariologi." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-360056.
Full textLong, Courtney S. "Mariology and monumental sculpture on the west façade of Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris /." Connect to online version, 2007. http://ada.mtholyoke.edu/setr/websrc/pdfs/www/2007/223.pdf.
Full textGraber, Anne-Cathy. "Marie : une lecture comparée de "Redemptoris Mater" (Jean-Paul II) et du "Commentaire du Magnificat" (Luther) à la lumière des dialogues œcuméniques." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015STRAK018.
Full textThe role of Mary is often understood as an obstacle to reconciliation between Churches. Using this theme, the dissertation has as its objective the verification of the coherence of the contemporary ecumenical movement aswell as to how the results of the various dialogues correspond to the official teaching of the Churches. The starting point is a comparative study of John-Paul II’s Redemptoris Mater and Luther’s Commentary on theMagnificat. This comparison is then examined in the light of results from various ecumenical dialogues (between Lutherans and Catholics as well as Evangelicals, Pentecostals and Catholics…). Out of the dialogues come reciprocal questions concerning how Mary is understood in the mystery of the Church and of salvation. Marian theology shows itself to be a very fertile method of ecumenical verification, revealing both new consensuses and clarifying issues that remain open for ecumenical research, especially in relation to the instrumentality of the Church
Orton, Tena L. "The concept of Mariology in the Roman Catholic Church in Spanish speaking Latin America an evangelical missiological response /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.
Full textKushu-Solii, Ngah Andrew [Verfasser]. "The Relationship between Mariology and Ecclesiology in the Theological Thinking of John Paul II / Ngah Andrew Kushu-Solii." Frankfurt : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1042419337/34.
Full textNgah, Andrew [Verfasser]. "The Relationship between Mariology and Ecclesiology in the Theological Thinking of John Paul II / Ngah Andrew Kushu-Solii." Frankfurt : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2013. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:101:1-2013093020057.
Full textBlewett, Joanne E. "The Geography of Marian Shrines in the United States: A Preliminary Comparison With Western Europe." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1128100652.
Full textKozack, Jessica Catherine. "The Primacy of Christ as the Foundation of the Coredemption: The Mariology of Fr. Juniper B. Carol, O.F.M. (1911-1990)." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1438617267.
Full textAlson, Javier S. M. C. "La corredencion mariana: un estudio sistematico de los articulos sobre la corredencion en la revista "Estudios Marianos" desde el volumen I al volumen LXIV (1942-1998)." IMRI - Marian Library / OhioLINK, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=udmarian1431423720.
Full textCoats, Jerry Brian. "Las Cantigas de Santa Maria: Thirteenth-Century Popular Culture and Acts of Subversion." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2016. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc862766/.
Full textMauriello, Matthew Rocco. "Venerable Pope Pius XII and the 1954 Marian year: a study of his writings within the context of the Marian devotion and Mariology in the 1950s." IMRI - Marian Library / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=udmarian1431437505.
Full textPersson, Anders. ""Försonarn vid sitt bröst, en stjernkrönt Qvinna" : jungfru- och moderstematiken hos C.J.L. Almqvist och P.D.A. Atterbom." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Humanistiska fakulteten, 1998. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-59649.
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Dunér, Veronika. "Jungfruns andra natur: Magna Mater, Moder Natur och Mamma Maggan : En religionshistorisk studie med inslag av religionspsykologi om Maria och hennes alter Marior i ´feministisk generationsklyfta´." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-384774.
Full textThe Virgin´s Other Nature: Magna Mater, Mother Nature and Mother Maggan is a religious historical study of Mary and her alter Mary’s. The empirical material is the debate called "feminist generational division" (2009-2017) that followed the exhibition, Mary - the dream of the woman at the Historical Museum in Stockholm 2008. The purpose of this study is to examine through hermeneutic method why and how Mary was portrayed as an immanent and/or transcendent figure and whether the debaters considers Mary as relevant or not for women today. The study shows that there were other fundamental divisions beside a modern feminist crisis of “sister struggle” between essentialist and constructivist feminism. Analyzing through the theories of holy and profane, dualism and dialog Mary represented women's place in cosmos. The degree of relevance had connection with the view of Mays maternity as women’s either strength or weakness, while the Annunciation represented the sexuality in relation to the immanent and transcendent language.
Kuhn, Maria Diane. "Mother Mary Comes to Me: The Stylistic Shift in Portrayals of Mary and her Adoration in Medieval Italy." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1619455685665479.
Full textHamy-Dupont, Adrienne. "Système encyclopédique et prédication mariales chez Juan Gil de Zamora (OFM, + c. 1306) : les sermones virginales. Édition, traduction et commentaires." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017USPCC095.
Full textJuan Gil of Zamora is one of the major hispanolatin encylopedist. Active at the end of the XIIIth century, he was linked with Alphonse the Xth’s and Sancho the IVth’s courts. Before playing an important part in his Franciscan Order he studied in Paris. This work provides with a translated and commented editio princeps of the sixteen marian sermons that could be listed. It goes with an introduction dealing with afresh biographical datas, thoughts on Gil’s encyclopedic system, marian production and homiletic discoveries
Jiron, Keith. "The Immaculate Mother as Foundational Principle in Mary’s role as Efficacious Helper, Teacher, and Intercessor in the writings of Saint Manuel Gonzalez Garcia (1877 - 1940)." IMRI - Marian Library / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=udmarian1582739577618319.
Full textWillis, Sean. "In what sense is Mary a type of the Church? : using two models to illuminate some developments in twentieth century Roman Catholic Mario-ecclesiology." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/14431.
Full textGenig, Joshua Dale. "The sacramentality of the Word : through the lens of the annunciation to Mary." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2554.
Full textŠISLEROVÁ, Tereza. "Mariánské sermony Antonína z Padovy." Master's thesis, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-55716.
Full textKihandi, Kubondila Hyacinthe. "Une proposition de mariologie sociale pour l’Afrique : a nalyses théologiques (Afrique et Amérique Latine) et études de terrain de quatre mouvements marials à Kinshasa." Thèse, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/18462.
Full textThis research aims at developing a social Mariology in Africa. It deals with three main questions: Is Marian devotion lived as a liberating practice in view of a commitment for social justice? Is the figure of the Virgin Mary an inspiration which allows Roman Catholic Christian men and women to involve themselves at the sociopolitical level in Africa? Do the commitments of Christian men and women who love Marian virtues take part in the advent of a society of justice, peace and harmonious coexistence? Those questions are asked in a broad context, that of Sub-Saharan Africa, where many countries are facing multifaceted crises and, in a more limited context, that of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where four marials Movements, based in Kinshasa, were the objects of field studies. This thesis claims to deconstruct and reconstruct the concept and the lived-out experience of Marian practices, so that those practices may become a ferment leading African Catholic Christian men and women in general, and Congolese Catholic Christian men and women in particular, to commit themselves in the resolution of the major problems of their society, particularly in terms of justice, peace and women's issues. This thesis seeks to go beyond two types of Mariology produced in Africa: colonial Mariology, dealing with the history of the arrival of the Virgin Mary through the work of the missionaries who evangelized the African continent, and some kind of an acculturated Mariology, which limits itself to setting a correlation between African cultural categories and some classical themes of Mariology. This reflection takes a stand for a social Mariology, that is, an approach which, implemented by African men and women, can help them meet the challenges created by the many economic, political, social and cultural problems that most of the African countries are faced with. This research work is done in the perspective of the African theologies of liberation and in the perspective of a reconstruction, through a process of contextualization, de-contextualization and re-contextualization. This thesis is made up of four parts. The first part presents an overview of African Mariology. It sees it through the historical journey of African theology, it analyses Marian devotion in Africa through the works of missionaries, it studies the question of acculturation of a few Marian mysteries, and it focuses on the relationship between Mariology and the social problems in Africa. The second part examines the issue of social Mariology in Latin America. It studies the sociopolitical aspect of Marian devotion, the anthropology and the hermeneutics of the Marian reflection and of the Marian apparitions. It studies the Marian dogmas from a social perspective, and the place of the Virgin Mary and of Marian devotion in the feminist struggle in Latin America. The third part explores the relationship between the practice of Marian devotion and the sociopolitical commitment of four Catholic Action Movements that are present in Kinshasa: The Legion of Mary, the Magnificat Community, the Group of "l'Arbre Desséché" (Dried Tree Group) or Nzete Ekauka, and the Prayer School "Notre Dame, Vierge Puissante" (Our Lady, Powerful Virgin). It takes a look at the general context of the birth and evolution of those Catholic Action Movements, and it makes a critical analysis of the Marian practices and of the sociopolitical commitment of those movements. The fourth part attempts a reconstruction of the social discourse of Mariology in Africa, starting from a reading of the Magnificat. It makes an actualized reading of that song in view of enriching the practice of Marian devotion, and it presents three aspects on which social Mariology in Africa can rest.
ŠIPKA, Magdaléna. "Teologie Hildegardy z Bingen." Master's thesis, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-188103.
Full textBOUŠKOVÁ, Veronika. "Zpracování gotické nástěnné malby jako kompenzační haptické pomůcky pro zrakově postižené." Master's thesis, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-375895.
Full textMagsino, Mabelle. "Ruether's Mariology as interpretive key." 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/20847.
Full textDantas, Maria de Nazaré Oliveira. "Maria : de Nazaré a Fátima : contributos para a lecionação da unidade letiva 2 : A Mãe de Jesus : do 2º ano do 1º ciclo do ensino básico." Master's thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/22799.
Full text“Who are you Mary?” This is the question that goes through all the Internship Report and to wich we propose to answer. We start by questioning who this woman is, chosen by God to assume such a vital mission. She is the New Eve, Theotókos, Mother of God and our Mother, given by the Son, himself, from the top of the cross. She is the one whom christians, not since always, but since early times, recognize a prominent place and dedicate a characteristic cult. “But what do you have to say in Fátima, Mary?” We can say that Fátima’s Message is not unique, but it is presented form a unique perspective. Being a private revelation, nothing adds to the public revelation, to the Revelation of God which ends when he’s made flesh. It is a Message of conversion, reparation and penitence but also a Message of hope, love and mercy of God, a God who still reveals himself, even among the humaniy’s dramas and keeps wishing to rescue it. In Fátima there is this particularity: the interlocutors are theree children from a poor rural environment, marked by a popular religiosity, who receive and convey the Message precisely as children who are. A simple way for the Creator to say, to His creature, His enormous love. “And how do children from today, see you, Mary? What do they say about you?” The children form the class where we developed the Supervised Teaching Practice have already some ideas about Jesus’ Mother. They already knou her form other contexts, such as catechism (classes). They also have already heard something about Fátima and they know who the three little shepherds are, three children who are about their ages. But there’s alwats something new to learn. And, by the end of this teaching, there are some new contents acquired.
Inman-Bamber, Sally. "An investigation into the images of the Virgin Mary held by select Anglican women clerics in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with respect to selected historical developments in Mariology." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/8074.
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Trochalski, Wojciech. "Obecność Maryi w Misterium Chrystusa i Kościoła w myśli teologicznej Józefa Ratzingera - Benedykta XVI." Praca doktorska, 2017. http://bc.upjp2.edu.pl/Content/4084.
Full textBalaban, Bara Adriana. "The Political and Artistic Program of Prince Petru Rares of Moldavia (1527-1538 and 1541-1546) and the Fresco Series Depicting the “Life of the Mother of God” in the Church of Humor Monastery." Thèse, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/8888.
Full textIn 1993, the church of Humor Monastery and six other churches from northern Moldavia (Romania) were classified as UNESCO Patrimony, due to their unique iconographical and architectural features. Built in the sixteenth-century, Humor Monastery became a rich and vital cultural religious center under the patronage of Prince Petru Rares of Moldavia. This center encouraged ecclesial architectural innovations, as well as an extraordinarily prolific program of frescoes, both internally and externally, expressing creativity beyond the canon of painting of the time. This dissertation focuses on understanding these architectural and iconographical innovations, in the light of the historical context that gave rise to this unique moment in Moldavian history, in the century following the Fall of Constantinople (1453). While the first part of the dissertation focuses on these historical circumstances, and more precisely on the impact of the patronage of Prince Rares, the second part of the research concentrates on the literary sources and the theology of a unique fresco series depicting the “Life of the Mother of God,” which has been painted on the walls of the gropnita (burial chamber) of Humor monastic church. The fresco series is an extraordinary example of the interaction between texts, the apocryphon Protogospel of James and the Synaxarion, and the iconographic narration of the “Life of the Mother of God.” Careful attention to the iconography of the Humor monastic church demonstrates the need for the correlation between text and icon, as well as the need for a correlation between theological studies, art and history. This methodological perspective will foster a richer appreciation of the abundant cultural and religious treasures of the Christian communities of Eastern Europe, both from a cultural as well as a specifically theological perspective as a further response to their prestigious recognition of being included in the UNESCO’s Patrimony in the closing decade of the twentieth - century.