viene studiato l'approccio alla figura di Maria, e soprattuuto il tema dell'Immacolata Conczione nei predicatori seicenteschi: viene affrontato il prblema della valenza politica della Immacolata Concezione soprattutto in Spagna. In fine viene brevemente trattata la considerazione del Muratori sull'argomento

poi confluiti nel mio libro L'Eucologia Cattolica

In the first half of the Seventeenth century the Spanish Monarchy employed massive diplomatic energies towards the Holy See in favour of the dogmatic definition of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin. In particular, starting from the pontificates of Urban VIII and Innocent X, the article analyses the path that led to the emanation of the Papal bull "Sollicitudo omnium Ecclesiarum" (1661, under Alexander VII). In the two decades here examined it appears clear both the ductility of the indications that Philip IV gave to his extraordinary ambassadors, and the importance of the political and ecclesiological implications of the arguments used by the Habsburg Monarchy in favour of the proclamation of the dogma: the concept of orthodoxy, the role of the general council, the uniformity of liturgy, cults and devotions within the catholicity, the possibilities of intervention of the secular powers in matters of doctrine.

poi confluiti nel libro Il Dogma Cattolico

The article intends to give a panoramic view of the recent history of mariology in gen-eral and of the marian roots of Franciscan theology. Vatican II has been, in fact, a deci-sive turning-point for the renewal of studies on the mystery of the Virgin, offering new methodological guidelines in order that it may depart from manualistic confinement and enter as an interdiscipline within the one knowledge of Catholic theology. The history of mariology has also put into light the important contribution made by the "Franciscan mariological school", which enhanced and defended the two last marian dogmas: the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption. This study proposes to demonstrate that the Franciscan Order, from the very origins of its foundation, has adopted even in our times a mariological trend, which, apart from being a fundamental part of the charism of St Francis, has also conditioned the theological process of the Church and, for this rea-son, has every right to be considered even now a living science and worthy to be stud-ied.