BEYOND AN “UNDEFILED PRIVILEGE”. POLITICAL-RELIGIOUS STRUGGLES IN THE PROMULGATION OF THE DOGMA OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION IN MEXICO AND SPAIN, 1854-1855

Abstract

The promulgation of the bull Ineffabilis Deus in 1854 and with it the elevation of
the mystery of the Immaculate Conception to dogma, constituted the prelude to
the dogmatic proclamation of papal infallibility in 1870. The objective of this
text is to analyze in a comparative way the political-religious scenarios that ruled
both in Mexico and Spain and their transcendence for the Pase Regio or the Pase
Nacional of this important bull that, theologically, put an end to the old spiritual
discussions about the pure nature of Mary, but politically, it was the combative
materialization of the papacy to recover its questioned temporal power.