Friday, April 26, 2024

Decree of the Holy Office, December 7, 1690, on Mary's Offering of Two Turtle Doves


Alexander VIII, Decree of the Holy Office, December 7, 1690

 

Condemned:

 

The oblation in the Temple, which was made by the Blessed Virgin Mary on the day of her purification by means of two turtle doves, one for a holocaust and the other for sins, sufficiently testifies that she was in need of purification and that her Son who was being offered was also stained with the stain of his mother, according to the words of the law. (DS 2380)