It said the Fathers saw foreshadowings of Mary's "wondrous abundance of divine gifts and original innocence" "in that ark of Noah, which was built by divine command and escaped entirely safe and sound from the common shipwreck of the whole world;
According to the document what did the forebears already have knowledge of before Mary came about ?
the Fathers saw foreshadowings of Mary's "wondrous abundance of divine gifts and original innocence