"God the Father arranged the nuptials for God His Son, when in the womb of the Virgin, He united Him to human nature, when He willed that He who was God before all the ages should at the end of the ages become Man. However, a nuptial union is usually formed by two persons...but we shun as utterly impious the belief that He is composed of two persons. Therefore, with greater freedom and assurance, we may say that these are the nuptials that the Father arranged for His royal Son: through the mystery of the Incarnation. He united the holy Church to Him. Now the bridal chamber of this Bridgeroom was the womb of the Virgin Mother. That is why the Psalmist says: "He hath set his tabernacle in the sun: and he, as a bridgeroom coming out of his bridal chamber" (Ps. 18:6). And it was a bridgeroom in fact that he came forth from His bridal chamber, because to unite the Church to Himself the Incarnate God went forth from the inviolate womb of the Virgin."
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Mother of the Church
Mother of the Church (in Latin: Mater Ecclesiae) is a title given to Mary in the Catholic Church, as officially declared by Pope Paul VI in 1964. The title first appeared in the 4th century writings of Saint Ambrose of Milan, as rediscovered by Hugo Rahner. It was also used by Pope Benedict XIV in 1748 and then by Pope Leo XIII in 1885. Pope John Paul II placed it in the Catechism of the Catholic Church and Pope Francis inserted a memorial by this title into the Roman Calendar, celebrated annual
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