mariologydogmati00pohl - Carmel Apologetics
mariologydogmati00pohl - Carmel Apologetics
mariologydogmati00pohl - Carmel Apologetics
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MARY THE MOTHER OF GOD<br />
toother of God. To emphasize this truth the<br />
Council employed the dogmatic term öcotokos, which<br />
was destined to become a touchstone of the true<br />
faith and, like opoovs 9<br />
transsiibstantiatio, and ex<br />
opere operato, played an important part in the his-<br />
tory of dogma.<br />
The very first of the anathematisms pronounced<br />
by the Council of Ephesus reads: "If any one<br />
does not profess that Emmanuel is truly God, and<br />
that consequently the Holy Virgin is the Mother<br />
of God—inasmuch as she gave birth in the flesh<br />
to the Word of God made flesh, according to what<br />
is written : 'The Word was made flesh'—let him<br />
be anathema." 6<br />
This important definition was<br />
reiterated and confirmed by several later councils,<br />
notably those of Chalcedon (A. D. 451) and Con-<br />
stantinople (A. D. 553 ). 7<br />
2. The Dogma of Mary's Divine Motherhood<br />
Proved from Sacred Scripture—The<br />
dogma that Mary is the mother of God is clearly<br />
and explicitly contained in Holy Scripture.<br />
a) True, the Bible does not employ the formal<br />
term "Mother of God," but refers to the Blessed<br />
6 " Si quis non confitetur, Deum<br />
esse veraciter Emmanuel et propterea<br />
Dei genitricem (deoroKov) sanctam<br />
virginem: peperit (yeyevvrjice) enim<br />
secundum carnem factum Dei Verbum<br />
(ffdpica yeyovora rbv e/c 6eoü<br />
\6yov), secundum quod scriptum<br />
est: Verbum caro factum est,<br />
anathema sit." (Syn. Ephes., can.<br />
1, apud Denzinger-Bannwart, Enchi-<br />
ridion Symbolorum, Definitionum<br />
et Declarationum de Rebus Fidei<br />
et Morum, n. 113, nth ed. Friburgi<br />
Brisgoviae 191 1. We shall refer to<br />
this indispensable collection throughout<br />
this treatise as " Denzinger-<br />
Bannwart."<br />
1 Cone. Constantinop. II (Oecum.<br />
V), apud Denzinger-Bannwart, n.<br />
218.