Gloriosae Dominae

Gloriosae Dominae is a Papal Bull, it was adopted on 27 September 1748 by Pope Benedict XIV and an explanation of Marian devotion.

Reason for Marian devotion

The Pope summed up as a reason that the Blessed Virgin Mary was always to be seen in the role of Christ the Redeemer; as they stood at the foot of the cross, she was familiar with the pain of a mother and thereby our salvation would be completed.

Co-redemptrix

The bull is a concise statement of just three pages, the Pope refers to the term " Co-redemptrix " and thus emphasizes the involvement and sympathy with Jesus in the accomplishment of redemption. This meant, so on that Contribute Mary " with Jesus " from the Annunciation to death on a cross her role as Co-redemptrix and that which is worshiped in this festival embrace.

Worship as Mother of God and Queen

Benedict XIV also went to the veneration of Mary and described it as the Queen of " heaven and earth ", as well as later in the encyclical Ad Coeli reginam " About the Mother of God as Queen " by Pope Pius XII. was repeated and confirmed.