The Journey of Mariology

Abstract

The “infancy gospels” of Matthew and especially Luke, as well as a second-century apocryphal work called the Protoevangelium of James, are the starting point for traditional Mariology. The “infancy gospels,” as confirmed by the differences between them, are essentially testimonies of faith in narrative form, not historical recollections, written for the purpose of presenting the messianic function and divine identity of the protagonist.