FOUR DOGMAS OF BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

The four dogmas of Mary celebrated in the catholic church are

MARY’S DIVINE MOTHERHOOD- 1ST JANUARY

MARY PERPETUAL VIRGINITY ----8TH SEPTEMBER

MARY IMMACULATE CONCEPTION-----

-------------8TH DECEMBER 1854

ASUMPTION OF MARY-------------------- 15TH AUGUST 1950

PROMULGATION OF THE DOGMA OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

On December 8, 1854, Pope Pius IX officially declared the Immaculate Conception a dogma of the Church, which means that all Christians are bound to accept it as true. As the Holy Father wrote in the Apostolic Constitution Ineffabilis Deus, "We declare, pronounce, and define that the doctrine which holds that the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin, is a doctrine revealed by God and therefore to be believed firmly and constantly by all the faithful."

The four dogmas were officially declared by Pope Pious X11 in 1950 as a dogma of the Church, which means that all Christians are bound to accept it as true.

Mary was preserved from original sin and prepared as a living tabernacle where the savior of the world will incarnate. We notice the pattern in Genesis 3:9-15, 20 and Luke 1:26-38: the drama of the fall of humanity and the drama of the restoration of humanity. Eve was involved in a dialogue which ensued between her and Satan. Mary (the second Eve) was involved in a dialogue between her and the angel Gabriel.

The first dialogue introduced Adam into the drama which led to the fall of humanity while the second dialogue introduced Jesus Christ which led to the restoration or salvation of humanity.

Just has God has planned to save humanity by sending his only begotten son so did he plan to save us by preserving Mary from the stain of original sin.

The woman (Eve) has an active role in the fall of humanity so also the woman in the person of Mary had an active role in the restoration/salvation of the human race.

Also our Blessed virgin mother did what nobody has ever done in history. She corrected the 1st mistake of our earlier mother (EVE)

BVM brought sanity into the world while Eve brought sin into the world (Gen 3:1-15)

BVM was obedient to God when the angels appeared to her (Luke 1: 37- 44) while Eve was disobedient to God by eating the forbidden fruit.

BVM defeated the serpent, darkness, evil and sin (Rev 12) and accepted to be the mother of God while Eve could not defeat the Serpent, darkness sin and death

BVM brought live to the world (Gal 4: 4…..) while Eve brought death into the world (Gen: 19-21)

As the mother of God BVM was assumed body and soul into heaven as the God has stated in the book of psalm her body and legs shall not suffer from sand and death.

The Vatican II document, Lumen gentium, says: "At the message of the Angel, the Virgin Mary received the Word of God in her heart and in her body, and gave Life to the World. Hence she is acknowledged and honoured as being truly the Mother of God and Mother of the Redeemer’ (Lumen Gentium, 52).

Mary the mother of God is venerated in a special way, as "Hyperdulia", the highest of the God's creatures. She is the first lady on earth - personally blessed by God's Arch Angel Gabriel. Elizabeth, the mother of St. John the Baptist acknowledged Mary as the "Mother of God"..