For nearly two thousand years, the Mother of God has inspired some of the most profound theological reflections in Christian history. In this groundbreaking study, readers are invited on a remarkable journey through the Marian teachings of Catholicism's greatest theological minds-those rare saints designated as Doctors of the Church.

Beginning with Saint Ambrose's vigorous defense of Mary's perpetual virginity in the fourth century, continuing through the mystical insights of medieval masters Bernard of Clairvaux and Thomas Aquinas, and culminating with Saint Th