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CHAPTER II<br />

mary's dignity as mother of god and the<br />

graces attached to her divine motherhood<br />

Like the Hypostatic Union of the two Natures in<br />

Christ, the Divine Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin<br />

Mary may be regarded from a twofold point of view<br />

(i) ontologically, *. e., in its objective dignity (dignitas<br />

maternitatis divinae in se) ; and (2) ethically, in its<br />

causal connexion with the prerogatives proper to this<br />

exalted office (plenitudo gratiae correspondents dignitatis<br />

. Christology shows how the Hypostatic Union<br />

immediately and substantially sanctified the manhood of<br />

our Lord in direct proportion to His infinite dignity as<br />

Godman. 1<br />

In a similar though not precisely the same<br />

manner Mary's objective dignity as mother of God con-<br />

stitutes both the intrinsic principle and the extrinsic<br />

standard of her supernatural purity and holiness. The<br />

one postulates the other as a cause its effect.<br />

1 Cfr. Pohle-Preuss, Christology, pp. 224 sqq.<br />

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