Kudzipereka kwa Basilica ya Santa Maria Maggiore, Woyera wa tsiku la Ogasiti 5

Mbiri yakudzipereka kwa Basilica ya Santa Maria Maggiore
Poyamba atalamulidwa ndi Papa Liberius mkati mwa zaka za zana lachinayi, tchalitchi cha Liberia chinamangidwanso ndi Papa Sixtus III atangotsala pang'ono kuti Khonsolo ya ku Efeso itsimikizire kuti Mariya ndi Amayi a Mulungu mu 431. Kukhala nthawi imeneyo kwa Amayi wa Mulungu, Santa Maria Maggiore ndiye mpingo waukulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi womwe ukulemekeza Mulungu kudzera mwa Maria. Imaima pamapiri asanu ndi awiri a Roma, Esquiline, yapulumuka m'malo ambiri obwezeretsedwanso osataya mawonekedwe ake ngati tchalitchi chakale cha Roma. Mkati mwake muli zigawenga zitatu zogawidwa ndi zipilala monga kalembedwe ka Constantine. Zojambulajambula za m'zaka za zana lachisanu zomwe zili pamakoma zimatsimikizira kuti ndi zakale.

Santa Maria Maggiore ndi amodzi mwamatchalitchi anayi achiroma omwe amadziwika kuti mabishopu akulu akulu pokumbukira malo oyamba ampingo. San Giovanni ku Laterano ikuyimira Roma, See of Peter; San Paolo fuori le mura, mpando wa Alexandria, mwina mpando woyang'aniridwa ndi Marco; San Pietro, mpando wa Constantinople; ndi St. Mary's, mpando waku Antiokeya, komwe Maria adakhala nthawi yayitali kwambiri.

Nthano, yomwe siinafotokozedwe chaka cha 1000 chisanachitike, imapereka dzina lina pachikondwererochi: Dona Wathu wa Njoka. Malinga ndi nkhaniyi, banja lolemera la Roma lidalonjeza chuma chawo kwa Amayi a Mulungu. Nthanoyi yakhala ikukondwerera kuyambira kale ndikumasula masamba azitsamba zoyera kuchokera mchipinda cha tchalitchi chilichonse cha 5 Ogasiti.

Kulingalira
Mtsutso waumulungu wokhudza mkhalidwe wa Khristu monga Mulungu ndi munthu udafika pachimake ku Constantinople koyambirira kwa zaka za zana lachisanu. Mtsogoleri wa bishopu Nestorius adayamba kulalikira motsutsana ndi mutu wa Theotokos, "Amayi a Mulungu", ndikumanena kuti Namwaliyo anali mayi wa Yesu yekha. Nestorius adavomera, nalamula kuti kuyambira tsopano Mary adzatchedwa "Amayi a Khristu" mwa iye. Anthu aku Constantinople pafupifupi anapandukira bishopu wawo pokana chikhulupiriro chomwe anali nacho. Khonsolo ya ku Efeso itatsutsa Nestorius, okhulupirirawo adapita m'misewu, akuyimba mokondwera kuti: "Theotokos! Theotokos! "