Ukunikezelwa kwe-Basilica yaseSanta Maria Maggiore, uSanta wosuku olu-5 Agasti
Umlando wokunikezelwa kwe-Basilica kaSanta Maria Maggiore
Yaphakanyiswa okokuqala ngemiyalo kaPapa Liberius maphakathi nekhulu lesi-431, isonto laseLiberia lakhiwa kabusha nguPapa Sixtus III ngemuva nje kokuba uMkhandlu wase-Efesu uqinisekise ukuthi igama likaMariya linguMama kaNkulunkulu ngo-XNUMX. Ngaleso sikhathi kwahlala uMama kaNkulunkulu, uSanta Maria Maggiore uyisonto elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni ahlonipha uNkulunkulu ngoMariya. Ime kwelinye lamagquma ayisikhombisa aseRoma, i-Esquiline, isinde ekubuyiselweni okuningi ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa ngumlingiswa wayo njengesonto lasendulo laseRoma. Ingaphakathi layo ligcina ama-naves amathathu ahlukaniswe ngamakholoni ngesitayela senkathi kaConstantine. Imidwebo yobuciko yekhulu lesi-XNUMX ezindongeni ifakazela ukuthi yayisendulo.
ISanta Maria Maggiore ingelinye lamasiko amane aseRoma aziwa ngokuthi ngamabhishobhi ababhishobhi abakhulu ukukhumbula izikhungo zokuqala zeSonto. I-San Giovanni e-Laterano imele iRoma, i-See of Peter; ISan Paolo fuori le mura, isihlalo sase-Alexandria, mhlawumbe isihlalo esenganyelwe nguMarco; ISan Pietro, isihlalo saseConstantinople; kanye neSt.
Inganekwane, engabikwanga ngaphambi konyaka we-1000, inika elinye igama kulo mkhosi: INkosikazi Yethu Yesiqhwa. Ngokwaleyo ndaba, umbhangqwana waseRoma owawucebile wathembisa inhlanhla yawo kuMama kaNkulunkulu, wathi wakhipha iqhwa ehlobo eliyisimangaliso futhi wabatshela ukuthi bakhe isonto kuleyo ndawo. Le nganekwane sekuyisikhathi eside igujwa ngokukhulula ishawa lamacembe amhlophe ama-rose avela kudome wesonto njalo ngo-5 Agasti.
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Impikiswano ephathelene nemvelo ngoKristu njengoNkulunkulu nomuntu yafinyelela emgodini wokushisa eConstantinople ekuqaleni kwekhulu lesi-XNUMX. Umfundisi kaMbhishobhi Nestorius waqala ukushumayela ephikisana nesiqu esithi Theotokos, "Umama kaNkulunkulu", egcizelela ukuthi iNcasakazi yayingunina kaJesu ongumuntu kuphela. UNestorius wakwamukela, wakhipha isinqumo sokuthi kusukela manje uMary uzobizwa ngokuthi "uMama kaKristu" kuye. Abantu baseConstantinople bacishe bavukela ukuphika kombhishobhi wabo inkolelo abayithandayo. Lapho uMkhandlu wase-Efesu uphikisa uNestorius, amakholwa angena emigwaqweni, ehuba ngentshiseko ethi: “Theotokos! Theotokos! "