Ukunikezelwa kwe-Basilica yaseSanta Maria Maggiore, kwi-Holy of the day ka-5 ka-Agasti

Imbali yokunikezelwa kwe-Basilica kaSanta Maria Maggiore
Okokuqala iphakanyiswe ngokomyalelo kaPopu Liberius embindini wenkulungwane yesine, icawa yaseLiberia yaphinda yakhiwa nguPopu Sixtus III kwakamsinya nje emva kokuba iBhunga lase-Efese liqinisekisile ukuba uMariya unguMama kaThixo ngo-431. Ukuhlala ngelo xesha kuMama kaThixo, Santa Maria Maggiore lelona bandla likhulu ehlabathini elizukisa uThixo ngoMariya. Ukuma kwenye yeenduli ezisixhenxe zaseRoma, i-Esquiline, isindile ekubuyiselweni okuninzi ngaphandle kokuphulukana nobuntu bayo njengecawa lakudala laseRoma. Ingaphakathi layo ligcina ii-naves ezintathu ezahlulwe ziikholoni kwisitayile sexesha likaConstantine. Imizobo eyenziwe ngomdongwe ngenkulungwane yesi-XNUMX eludongeni iyangqina ukuba yinto yakudala leyo.

USanta Maria Maggiore yenye yeendawo ezine zaseRoma ezaziwa ngokuba ziicathedral zenzala ukukhumbula amaziko okuqala eCawa. I-San Giovanni kwi-Laterano imele iRoma, i-See of Peter; ISan Paolo fuori le mura, isihlalo sase-Aleksandriya, mhlawumbi isihlalo esonganyelwe nguMarco; ISan Pietro, isihlalo seConstantinople; kunye neSt.

Intsomi, engaxelwanga ngaphambi konyaka we-1000, inika elinye igama kulo mnyhadala: Inenekazi lethu leKhephu. Ngokwelo bali, isibini esisityebi saseRoma sathembisa ubutyebi kuMama kaThixo.ebango, wavelisa ikhephu elingummangaliso lasehlotyeni wabaxelela ukuba bakhe icawe kule ndawo. Intsomi kudala yabhiyozelwa ngokukhulula ishawa yamaphepha amhlophe e-basilica qho nge-5 ka-Agasti.

Ukucingisisa
Ingxoxo yezakwalizwi malunga nobuntu bukaKrestu njengoThixo nomntu yafikelela kumkhuhlane eConstantinople ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yesihlanu. Umfundisi kaBhishophu uNestorius waqala ukushumayela ngokuchasene nesihloko esithi Theotokos, "uMama kaThixo", esithi iVirginia yayingumama kaYesu ongumntu. UNestorius wamkela, wamisela ukuba ukusukela ngoku uMariya uzakuthiywa ngokuba "nguMama kaKrestu" kuye. Abantu baseConstantinople baphantse bavukela ubhishophu wabo ngokuchasa inkolelo yabo abayithandayo. Xa iBhunga lase-Efese lamphikisayo uNestorius, amakholwa angena ezitratweni, echulumancile ecula esithi: “Theotokos! Theotokos! "