❝Let all Christians, therefore, glory in being subjects of the Virgin Mother of God, who, while wielding royal power, is on fire with a mother's love.❞
—Pope Pius XII
Ang Malabathalang Pagka-ina
Ang Dogma o turo ng Simbahang Katolika na siyang ginawa ng Lupon ng Efeso (431) ay nagsasaad na ang Mahal na Birheng Maria ay INA NG DIYOS. Si Nestorius, na siyang nagpasimula ng erehiya na tumatatwa sa nasabing katuruan ay hayagang kinontra sa pamamagitan ng pagdeklara kay Maria bilang THEOTOKOS (Taga-dala ng Diyos). Dito, inihayag nila na sa pamamagitan ng Banal na Espiritu, ipinaglihi at ipinanganak niya si Kristo Hesus na Diyos noong Siya ay naging tao sa kanyang sinapupunan.
Ang nasabing katawagan ay pinagindapat ng halos lahat ng dakilang Ama ng Simbahan kabilang na sila Origen, Athanasio at Basilio. Ang pagiging INA NG DIYOS ni Maria ay ang sandigan at haligi ng lahat ng Kanyang mga pribelehiyo tulad ng paglilihi sa kanya ng walang bahid ng kasalanan o Inmaculada Concepcion, at ang kanyang maluwalhating pag-akyat sa langit kung kaya’t ang kabanalan at kadakilaan ni Maria ay higit sa kahit na anong nilalang at ang ating pagdakila sa kanya ay tinatawag na “hyperdulia”. Ang Kapistahan ng pagiging INA ni Maria ay ipinagdiriwang tuwing Enero 1 at Oktubre 11 bawat taon.
❝With a heart that is truly a mother's, does She approach the problem of our salvation, and is solicitous for the whole human race; made Queen of heaven and earth by the Lord, exalted above all choirs of angels and saints, and standing at the right hand of Her only Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, She intercedes powerfully for us with a mother's prayers, obtains what She seeks, and cannot be refused.❞
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❝We believe that Mary is the Mother, ever-Virgin, of the Incarnate Word, our God and Savior Jesus Christ, and that by reason of this singular election, She was, in consideration of the merits of Her Son, redeemed in a more eminent manner, preserved from all stain of original sin and filled with the gift of grace more than all other creatures. Joined by a close and indissoluble bond to the Mysteries of the Incarnation and Redemption, the Blessed Virgin, the Immaculate, was at the end of her earthly life raised body and soul to heavenly glory and likened to her risen Son in anticipation of the future lot of all the just; and we believe that the Blessed Mother of God, the New Eve, Mother of the Church, continues in heaven Her maternal role with regard to Christ's members, cooperating with the birth and growth of divine life in the souls of the redeemed.❞
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