Act for the Immaculate Conception of Mary

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Act for the Immaculate Conception of Mary (Catalan : Acte per a la Immaculada Conceptio de Maria) is the name of a dramatic play, in the Catalan language, likely performed in Bethlehem College in Barcelona on May 13, 1662, to celebrate a declaration of Pope Alexander VII in support of the idea of Immaculate Conception.^[1]

The work argues for the absence of original sin in the one who was to become the Mother of God.

The author of the allegorical play is unknown, and only a fragment of 732 verses has been preserved. These demonstrate the ambitious nature of the play, both in literary and theological terms.^[1]

References

1 2 Albert Rossich; Antoni Serrà Campins; Pep Valsalobre (2001). El teatre català dels orígens al segle XVIII: actes del II Col·loqui problemes i mètodes de literatura catalana antiga: "Teatre català antic"; Girona, 6 al 9 de juliol 1998 (in Catalan). Edition Reichenberger. pp. 78–. ISBN 978-3-935004-34-3.

Sources

Diccionari de la Literatura Catalana, 2008

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[RossichCampins2001-1] 1 2 Albert Rossich; Antoni Serrà Campins; Pep Valsalobre (2001). El teatre català dels orígens al segle XVIII: actes del II Col·loqui problemes i mètodes de literatura catalana antiga: "Teatre català antic"; Girona, 6 al 9 de juliol 1998 (in Catalan). Edition Reichenberger. pp. 78–. ISBN 978-3-935004-34-3.

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