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Mother of the Church (Latin: Mater Ecclesiae) is a title given to Mary in the Catholic Church, as officially declared by Pope Paul VI in 1964. The title first appeared in the 4th century writings of Saint Ambrose of Milan , as rediscovered by Hugo Rahner . [ 1 ]
Mary was the mother of Jesus, and as such is highly venerated within the Catholic Church as the Mother of God. The church holds that she was immaculately conceived and, while betrothed to the carpenter Joseph, Mary was visited by the angel Gabriel who announced that, though a virgin, she would give birth to a son, Jesus. [139]
Wife of Emperor Constantius Chlorus, and mother of Constantine the Great, was granted the title "Augusta" for her influence. Renowned for her pilgrimage to Palestine, she built churches, promoted Christian freedom, and preserved sacred sites, leaving a lasting legacy in early Christianity. [18] [19]
Catholic Mariology is the systematic study of the person of Mary, mother of Jesus, and of her place in the Economy of Salvation [1] [2] [3] in Catholic theology.According to the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception taught by the Catholic Church, Mary was conceived and born without sin, hence she is seen as having a singular dignity above the saints, receiving a higher level of veneration than ...
Mother church architecturally represented in a mosaic of a fifth-century chapel floor (tomb marker/cover of a certain Valentia with the added invocation to rest in peace: Valentia in Pace). Bardo Museum, Tunis. Mother church or matrice is a term depicting the Christian Church as a mother in her functions of nourishing and protecting the ...
Oprah Winfrey tearfully recalled the pain of struggling to praise her mother when she was invited to speak about her at a church event. The OWN media mogul, 71, opened up about the moment during ...
The ancient Irish church (1 ed.). London: Religious Tract Society. pp. 89– 98. MacDonald, Margaret. "Reading Real Women through Undisputed Letters of Paul". In Women and Christian Origins edited by Ross Sheppard Kraemer and Mary Rose D'Angelo. Oxford: University Press, 1999. Stagg, Evelyn and Frank. Woman in the World of Jesus.
The Council decreed that Mary is the Mother of God because her son Jesus is one person who is both God and man, divine and human. [31] This doctrine is widely accepted by Christians in general, and the term "Mother of God" had already been used within the oldest known prayer to Mary, the Sub tuum praesidium, which dates to around 250 AD. [158]