I-Immaculate Conception

… kaMariya, hhayi uJesu!

Abantu abaningi, kuhlanganise namaKatolika amaningi kakhulu, bathambekele ekwenzeni iphutha i-Immaculate Conception yokukhulelwa kukaJesu esibelethweni sikaMariya.

Nokho, elithi “Immaculate Conception” libhekisela ekukhulelweni kukaMariya, hhayi uJesu.

ISonto LamaKatolika lithi uMariya wakhulelwa ngokungenasici–ukuthi ngomusa okhethekile ovela kuNkulunkulu, “walondolozwa engenalo lonke ibala lesono sokuqala” kusukela emzuzwini wokuqala wokuba khona kwakhe (UPapa Pius IX, UNkulunkulu ongakhulumeki). Lokhu akukuningi a isidingo esidingekayo njengoba kunjalo kufanelekile ngenxa yobizo lwakhe oluyingqayizivele lokuzala iNdodana kaNkulunkulu. Ngakho, siyabona UMary njenge U-Eva Omusha futhi Umphongolo wesivumelwano esisha.

Ekubelethweni kukaJesu, UMariya wenza okungekho esinye isidalwa esake sakwenza. “Wathwala iNdodana,” kubhala uSanta Clare wase-Assisi (d. 1253), “Amazulu ayengenakumthwala; nokho wamthwala ethangeni lesibeletho sakhe esingcwele, wambamba ethangeni lakhe lobuntombi” (Incwadi Yesithathu eya ku-Agnes Obusisiwe wasePrague).

Ingabe uNkulunkulu wayengakhetha isoni ukuba sibe unina weNdodana Yakhe? Yebo, uma Ethanda, Wayengaba nakho. Kodwa kwakufanele kuphela ukuthi Akhethe intombi emsulwa kakhulu.

Empeleni, I-Immaculate Conception isifundisa ngoJesu, eqinisekisa njengoba kwenza ubungcwele Bakhe obungachazeki. Ngempela, Ubungcwele bukaMariya bukhomba ngokuqondile ubungcwele bendodana yakhe, owayengcwele kangangokuthi umuntu akakwazi nje ukumcabanga enziwa inyama enesono.

Abanye bavame ukuphikisa ngokuthi i-Immaculate Conception ayitholakali eBhayibhelini.

Kuyiqiniso ukuthi inkulumo, "I-Immaculate Conception,” alitholakali eBhayibhelini, futhi kuyiqiniso futhi ukuthi akukho lapho iBhayibheli lisho khona, “UMariya wakhulelwa engenasono.” Kodwa ke, igama elithi “Ziqu-zintathu Ongcwele” alitholakali naseBhayibhelini. Futhi iBhayibheli alisho, “KunoNkulunkulu oyedwa weqiniso, ehlanganisa abantu abathathu abaphila phakade.”¹

Nokho, imfundiso ye-Immaculate Conception ingase iboniswe njengemfundiso yeBhayibheli eyiqiniso.

Ukungabi nasono kukaMariya kucatshangelwa ngokunamandla, Ngokwesibonelo, ngesihlamba sikaNkulunkulu ngeNyoka Genesis 3:15, “Ngizakubeka ubutha phakathi kwakho nowesifazane, naphakathi kwenzalo yakho nenzalo yakhe; yona iyakuchoboza ikhanda lakho, wena uyakulimaza isithende sakhe. Lapha kwembulwa icebo laphezulu lokubuyisela ubuhlobo obuwile bomuntu noNkulunkulu, ngenxa yesiphambeko sika-Adamu no-Eva. Ngokwalolu hlelo, Owesifazane neNzalo Yakhe kumelwe bahlukaniswe kuyo yonke inzalo ka-Adamu no-Eva efile—ukuze bagweme isiqalekiso sesono sokuqala, abazokuhlehlisa. Ukuvikeleka kowesifazane neNzalo Yakhe kufanekiselwa “ubutha” uNkulunkulu athembisa ukububeka phakathi kwabo neNyoka nenzalo yeNyoka., noma ngamanye amazwi phakathi kwabo nesono.

Inzalo Yowesifazane, kunjalo, nguJesu. Owesifazana uhunyutshwe ngokomfanekiso ukuthi uyiNdodakazi yaseZiyoni, uphawu lweJerusalema (bona Isaya 37:22). Kodwa, ngokwezwi nezwi, Umqondo kaKristu, kunjalo, kufanele futhi abe iNcasakazi uMariya, uMthwali woMhlengi.

 

AmaKristu asendulo ayehlonipha ubungcwele obungavamile nobuyingqayizivele beNcasakazi uMariya, ababekhuluma ngaso njalo besondelene nobungcwele beNdodana Yakhe. Ngokwesibonelo, mayelana 170, UMelito oNgcwele waseSardesi wathi ngoJesu, iWundlu elingenabala, “Wazalwa nguMariya, Imvukazi enhle,” okusho ukungabi nabala kwakhe (Umkhuleko wePhasika).

U-Saint Hippolytus waseRoma (d. 235) wambiza ngokuthi “uMariya ongenabala nozala uNkulunkulu;” futhi, emfanisa nezingodo ezasetshenziswa ukwakha uMphongolo wesivumelwano, wambiza ngokuthi “ongenakonakala” (Inkulumo Emayelana Nokuphela Kwezwe 1; Ukuphawula ngeHubo 22; Theodoret kaCyr, Ingxoxo yokuqala).

I Isivikelo sakho, umthandazo osukela maphakathi nekhulu lesithathu, ubiza uMariya “yedwa omsulwa nobusisiwe yedwa.” Ongcwele u-Efrayimi waseSiriya (d. 373) wathi ngoKristu, “Wena wedwa kanye noMama wakho nibahle kunabanye; Ngokuba akukho sici kuwe, noma amabala kuMama wakho” (Izihlabelelo ZakwaNisibene 27:8).

I-Saint Ambrose yaseMilan (d. 397) ebizwa ngokuthi iNkosazana Yethu “iNcasakazi engagcini nje ngokungenabala kodwa iNcasakazi eyehliswa umusa, ongenalo lonke ibala lesono” (Ukuphawula ngeHubo 118 22:30).

Ukuqinisekisa ukuthi amadoda nabesifazane abangcwele eBhayibhelini, naphezu kokuzinikela kwabo okukhulu, babeyizoni, Saint Augustine of Hippo (d. 430) wenza okuhlukile kuMariya, “ngobani, ngenxa yodumo lweNkosi, Ngifisa ukungabi nambuzo nhlobo lapho ngilapha izono,-Ngokuba sazi kanjani ukuthi unanda kangakanani umusa wokunqoba isono esiphezu kwawo, owayefanele ukukhulelwa futhi amzale okungekho sono kuye?” (Imvelo Nomusa 36:42).

Abanye bababhali beBandla lasendulo bavumela ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi uMariya wonile. UTertullian no-Origen babengabokuqala ukusekela lo mbono ngokubhala (cf. Tertullian, Inyama kaKristu 7; Simelene noMarcion 4; Origen, Izingoma zikaLuka 17).

Imibono evela emshadweni waseKhanani

Abanye bazophinde bafake u-Saint Irenaeus noTertullian no-Origen ngenxa yokuphawula kwakhe ngaye edilini lomshado eKhana. (UJohane 2:1). Wabhala ukuthi uMariya, “befisa ngaphambi kwesikhathi sokudla inkomishi yokubaluleka kwezifanekiselo,” kwakuwu “sheka(ed)” ngoJesu “ngokuxhamazela kwakhe okungakafiki” (Amambuka 3:16:7). Nokho, ukuphetha ngokuthi u-Irenaeus wayekholelwa ukuthi uMariya wonile kwakuyoba ukugabadela. U-Irenaeus akazange abonise isisusa sakhe sokuziphatha okubi noma ukuziphatha kwakhe ngoNkulunkulu. Uma inhloso yakhe yokufuna ukubona iNdodana Yakhe yembulwa emhlabeni kwakuwuthando Ngayo, khona-ke “ukuxhamazela” kwakhe kwakudukile, kodwa engesona isono. (Ngokuphambene, kweyakhe Ibungazwe ngu- John 21:2, USanta John Chrysostom uphakamise ukuthi isisusa sikaMariya siyize, okuyinto, ngempela, kungaba yisono.)

Ukuze uqiniseke, Ubungcwele bukaMariya obuphelele abusho ukuthi wayeyiqonda kahle iNdodana Yakhe, kodwa ukuthi wamlalela ngokuphelele Yena noYise, futhi sibona lokhu eKhana, ikakhulukazi (bheka uJohane 2:5).

Ngokuphathelene “nokulangazela kwakhe,” uSeverus wase-Antiyokiya (d. 538) kuphawuliwe, “Akaziqheli kuye noma ahambe, ngendlela yomuntu oye wathola ukusolwa; naye akathuli, ephenduka ekulangazeleleni kwakhe, njengoba kwenzeka kumuntu oye wasolwa" (Umndeni 199).

Impikiswano Phakathi KwamaKatolika

Naphezu kwesimo sabo se-heterodox, laba babhali babenethonya elithile phezu komcabango wemfundiso yenkolo wezizukulwane zakamuva. Ithonya lika-Origen ikakhulukazi lalivelele phakathi koFata BaseMpumalanga, Abangcwele Basil Omkhulu (d. 379), John Chrysostom (d. 407), UCyril wase-Alexandria (d. 444), nabanye.

Abamelene namaKatolika baye benza okuningi kwaleli qiniso,kodwa iqiniso liwukuthi bekulokhu kuvunyelwe ukuba abathembekile bangabaze imfundiso engakacaciswanga ngendlela eqinile..²

UPapa Sixtus IV ukuqinisekisile ngemuva kwesikhathi 1483 lokho mayelana ne-Immaculate Conception, kwakuvunyelwe ukuba amaKatolika ayamukele noma ayenqabe le mfundiso “njengoba iSonto LamaRoma neSigungu Sabaphostoli besingakanqunywa le ndaba.” (Isinda kakhulu).

Kwakunjalo nangezinsuku zabaPhostoli. Lona kanye iqiniso lokuthi “kwakunezinkulumo-mpikiswano eziningi” phakathi kwalabo ababehlangene eMkhandlwini WaseJerusalema lifakazela ukuthi kwakukhona ukungezwani kwemibono phakathi kwabefundisi beSonto ngendaba ebalulekile. (bona i IzEnzo ZabaPhostoli, 15:7).

Lapho udaba selunqunyiwe, nokho, yonke inkulumo-mpikiswano yanqamuka futhi akusekho ukungezwani okwabekezelelwa (bona 15:12, 28). Ngaphezu kwalokho, kuyilapho abanye boFata bokuqala bephika ukungabi nasono kukaMariya, isikhundla sabo sasikude ngazwi linye. Obaba abaningi baqinisekisa ubungcwele bakhe obungenasici, njengoba kubonisiwe emibhalweni yodokotela abanjengoSaints Athanasius, I-Ambrose, Augustine, nabanye. Inkolelo yokungabi nasono kukaMariya yayikhona eBandleni lokuqala, eMpumalanga naseNtshonalanga; futhi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi inkolelo yokuthi wayengenzanga sono sanoma yiluphi uhlobo kukho konke ukuphila kwakhe yasusa yonke imibono ngokuphambene.

Kuhle ukuphawula ukuthi akukho lutho ezimfundisweni zeBandla ezithi phakathi nezigaba zokwakheka kwemfundiso yenkolo labo abakholelwa ngokufanele bayonqoba ngokushesha noma bazithole sebebaningi.. Thatha isibonelo sempi yeBandla nabalandeli baka-Arius, owaphika ubuNkulunkulu bukaKristu. UJosé Orlandis ulandisa indlela ukuhlubuka kuka-Arius okungaphelanga ngayo lapho kuvalwa uMkhandlu waseNicaea kodwa kunalokho kwakhula ethonyeni lawo kwaze kwaba seqophelweni lokuthi “kwabonakala sengathi ubu-Arius babuzonqoba.. Ababhishobhi abavelele kakhulu baseNicaea badingiswa futhi, njengoba uSt Jerome ekubeka ngokusobala, ‘umhlaba wonke wabubula futhi wamangala wathola ukuthi isingu-Arian’” (Umlando Omfishane WeSonto LamaKatolika, Izindleko zamasheya Four Courts Press Limited, p. 39; Jerome, Inkhulumomphendvulwano Phakathi komKristu wamaLuciferian kanye nomKristu wama-Orthodox 19).

Izazi ziye zangabaza ukuthi oFata ababethi ubungcwele beNcasakazi babekholelwa ngempela yini ukuthi wayekhululekile esonweni sokuqala kanye nezono zomuntu siqu.. Ithiyori evelele yangaleso sikhathi, okungenani eNtshonalanga, kwakuwukuthi isono sika-Adamu no-Eva sadluliselwa kubazali bomuntu ngokufelwa ngobuhlobo bobulili. Lokhu kungasho ukuthi uJesu kuphela, owakhulelwa yedwa ngaphandle kocansi, wayengaphunyuka esonweni sokuqala. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi isono sokuqala sidluliselwa kanjani, nokho, Iqiniso liwukuthi kwakuzodingeka kwenziwe okuthile endabeni kaMariya ukuze agwenywe kukho. U-Augustine wakwenza kwacaca ukuthi wayehlukile (futhi ngaye yedwa), nakuba engachazanga nini futhi Kanjani lokhu kwenzeka (bona Imvelo Nomusa 36:42, ngenhla).

I-Immaculate Conception ayizange ichazwe ngokucacile kuze kube maphakathi nekhulu leshumi nesishiyagalolunye. Kufanele kushiwo ngendlela yokuqhathanisa, nokho, ukuthi ubuNkulunkulu bukaKristu abuzange buchazwe ngokucacile kuze kube 325 (UMkhandlu waseNicaea); ubuNkulunkulu bukaMoya oNgcwele, 381 (UMkhandlu waseConstantinople); Izimo Ezimbili kuKristu, 451 (UMkhandlu waseChalcedon); iziNtando ezimbili kuKristu, 681 (UMkhandlu Wesithathu waseConstantinople); kanye neCanon of the Bible, 1441 (UMkhandlu waseFlorence). Ngayinye yalezi zimfundiso, njenge-Immaculate Conception, bekukholelwa njalo iBandla, nakuba kungamenyezelwanga ngokusemthethweni kuze kube kudingekile (noma okuzuzisayo) ukwenza njalo. Ngaphandle kwabantu abambalwa ngokuqhathaniswa phakathi neminyaka eyizinkulungwane ezimbili, Ukungabi nasono kukaMariya akuzange kube nokungabaza. Kwakuyimibuzo kuphela nini futhi Kanjani UNkulunkulu wenza lesi simangaliso esathatha isikhathi eside ukuba sixazululwe.

Nakuba zonke izinkathazo ezinkulu mayelana ne-Immaculate Conception zase zixazululwe ngokwanele ngasekupheleni kweNkathi Ephakathi, incazelo eqinile ibingeke ize emakhulwini amaningi eminyaka engeziwe. Umfutho ojwayelekile wezimemezelo eziqinile yisidingo sokuphikisa izimfundiso eziyimbuka ezibeka engcupheni ukubumbana kwamakholwa.. Kwakungenjalo nge-Immaculate Conception, nokho, njengoba isivumelwano somhlaba wonke kade safinyelelwa ezinhliziyweni nasezingqondweni zabathembekile. Noma kunjalo, ukuzwa ukonakala kokuziphatha kanye nengokomoya okwakuzolethwa iModernism emphakathini, iBandla laphakathi nekhulu leshumi nesishiyagalolunye labona ukugqugquzelwa kobungcwele obuphelele bukaMama kaNkulunkulu njengokuzuzisa ngokuqondile kumaKristu..

Ukulalela

Abagxeki be-Immaculate Conception ngezinye izikhathi bazocaphuna amavesi athile eBhayibheli abonakala ehlisa ubungcwele bukaMariya obumsulwa.. Elinye ivesi elinjalo lithi Luka 8:21, lapho, lapho etshelwa ukuthi uMama Wakhe nabafowabo beze ukuzombona, kuphawula uJesu, “Umama nabafowethu yilabo abalizwayo izwi likaNkulunkulu, balenze.” U-Ambrose oNgcwele wathi ngaleli vesi, “Umama akanqatshwa—njengoba izihlubuki ezithile bezingenza ngobuciko—ngoba uyaziwa ngisho nasesiphambanweni. (bona UJohane 19:26-27). Kunalokho, ukukhetha ngaphezu kwezibopho zenyama kunikezwa ohlotsheni lobuhlobo olunqunywe phezulu ” (Ukuphawula ngeVangeli likaLuka 6:38).

Esigabeni esifanayo, itholakala esahlukweni seshumi nanye sikaLuka, owesifazane esixukwini umemeza uJesu, “Sibusisiwe isisu esakuzalayo, namabele owawancela!”; lapho Ephendula, Kunalokho, babusisiwe abalizwa izwi likaNkulunkulu futhi baligcine!” (11:27-28). Lawa mazwi, nakuba, zibhekisela ngokuqondile kuMariya.

Ngaphambilini kulelo Vangeli, U-Elizabeth uyamtshela, “Ubusisiwe owakholwa ukuthi kuyakuba khona ukugcwaliseka okwakhulunywa kuye okuvela eNkosini” (Luka 1:45). Naye usho njalo, “Ubusisiwe wena phakathi kwabesifazane, futhi sibusisiwe isithelo sesisu sakho!” (1:42). Futhi UMary kubabaza, “Bheka, kusukela manje zonke izizukulwane ziyakuthi ngibusisiwe” (1:48). uJesu, bese, akaphikisani nokubusiswa kukaMama Wakhe, kodwa ecacisa isizathu sokuthi kungani ebusiswe kangaka: ukulalela kwakhe iZwi likaNkulunkulu. Ngenxa yalokho, kukho kokubili Luka 8:21 futhi 11:28, ukukhulunywa ngoMama Wakhe kucindezela iNkosi ukuba idumise labo abalizwayo futhi baligcine iZwi likaNkulunkulu.

Ukungabibikho Kwesono Sasekuqaleni

Mhlawumbe ivesi leBhayibheli abangewona amaKhatholika abakholelwa ukuthi liphikisana kakhulu ne-Immaculate Conception liku-Saint Paul's. Incwadi eya kwabaseRoma 3:23, “Bonke bonile futhi bayasilela enkazimulweni kaNkulunkulu” (bona Incwadi Yokuqala KaJohane, 1:8 & 10, futhi).

Bachaza lesi sitatimende esivamile ngohlanga lwesintu ngomqondo ophelele njengokusho ukuthi wonke umuntu wonile. Nokho kuthiwani ngabantu abafana nezinsana nabagula ngengqondo, abangenakho ukona? UMary ungomunye nje umehluko.

Okufanele kucaciswe ngempela ukuthi ukungcweliswa kukaMariya akwenzekanga ngaphandle kokuHlengwa. Ngokuphambene, naye waba ngaphansi kwesiqalekiso sesono sokuqala, nakuba wasinda ekungcoleni kwawo ngokungenela kukaNkulunkulu. Ukukubeka ngenye indlela, ukube akazange angenwe esonweni sokuqala ngokwemvelo—njengoba iyiNdodana Yakhe kuphela—ngaleso sikhathi kwaba Ukukhulelwa Okumsulwa, Ukungenelela okukhethekile kukaNkulunkulu esikhundleni sakhe, bekungeke kudingeke.

UMariya ngokwakhe uqinisekisa isidingo sakhe soMsindisi kuLuka 1:47. UNkulunkulu ongakhulumeki ngokufanayo ukwenza kucace ukuthi wasindiswa esonweni sokuqala “ngomusa owodwa nelungelo elinikezwe uNkulunkulu uMninimandla onke., ngenxa yobuhle bukaJesu Kristu, uMsindisi wesintu” (kugcizelelwe). Endabeni kaMariya ukufaneleka kweKalvari kwasetshenziswa ngaphambi kwesikhathi, leyo, ngokulangazela ngokufa kweNdodana Yakhe. UNkulunkulu wasindisa lonke uhlanga lwesintu ngokusivusa ngemva kokuba sesiwile; Wasindisa uMariya ngokumvimbela ukuba angawi kwasekuqaleni. Indlela emangalisayo asindiswa ngayo yenza uMariya wakhula, hhayi ngaphansi, abakweleta uNkulunkulu ukwedlula sonke isintu.

Ngezinye izikhathi, ekuxoxeni nge-Immaculate Conception, umbuzo wokuthi uMariya wezwa ubuhlungu yini ngesikhathi ebeletha uyaphakanyiswa. Kunenkolelo yakudala yokuthi wamkhulula ngempela u-Christ Child ngaphandle kobuhlungu, okusho ukuthi wayekhululiwe esijezisweni nasesiphambeko sika-Eva (bona Genesis 3:16).

Ngesikhathi esifanayo, kungenzeka ukucabanga ukuthi uMariya wakhuthazelela izinhlungu zokubeletha naphezu kokungabi nasono kwakhe. Cabangela umbuzo ohlobene wokuthi ngabe wafa noma cha, futhi ingxenye yesijeziso sika-Adamu no-Eva (bona Genesis 3:19 noma uPawulu Incwadi eya kwabaseRoma 6:23). Ukuvumelana okubanzi phakathi kwezazi zemfundiso yenkolo yamaKatolika kuwukuthi uMariya wafa ngempela, ukuze ahambisane ngokuphelele neNdodana yaKhe. Ukube akazange asinde ekufeni, kulandela ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi akazange akhululwe kwezinye izinhlobo zokuhlupheka ngenxa yesizathu esifanayo. Iqiniso le-Immaculate Conception, ngakho-ke, ayixhomekile endabeni yemihelo kaMariya yokubeletha noma ukuntuleka kwayo.

Akunakwenzeka ukuxazulula imfihlakalo yokulethwa kweNcasakazi emBhalweni kuphela. Isaya 66:7 uthi, “Engakasikwa wabeletha; ngaphambi kokuba ubuhlungu bufike phezu kwakhe wabeletha indodana.” U-Irenaeus, ngeyodwa, wathatha lokhu njengobufakazi bokuthi uMariya wayebelethile ngaphandle kokubeletha (Ukushumayela Kwabaphostoli 54).

Ngokolunye uhlangothi, i Incwadi yesAmbulo, 12:2, uthi Owesifazane “wakhala emihelo yakhe yokubeletha, ekujuleni kokubeletha.” NjengoMfazi phakathi Genesis 3:15, AmaKatolika athambekele ekuhumusheni Owesifazane kusAmbulo 12 ngomqondo wokugcina njengoMariya. Lokhu akuvimbi ukuthi imihelo iqondwe ngokomfanekiso, nokho. Kuye kwasikiselwa ukuthi imihelo imelela usizi lukaMariya, hhayi kusukela ekuzalweni ngokomzimba koMsindisi eBetlehema, kodwa kusukela ekuzalweni ngokomoya kweBandla eKalvari (cf. UPapa Pius X, Kuze kube yilolo suku; UJohane 19:26-27) lapho ebukele indodana yakhe ifa.

Enye yezinkomba zokuqala ezingasekelwe eBhayibhelini zokukhululeka kukaMariya ebuhlungwini lapho ebeletha itholakala embhalweni we-apocrypha obizwa ngokuthi. I-Protoevangelium kaJakobe, okungenzeka ukuthi yaqanjwa maphakathi nekhulu lesibili leminyaka. Ngenxa yale ncazelo engokoqobo yalo msebenzi yokuzalwa kukaJesu, egcizelela ubunjalo bomzimba boKuzalwa (ngokuphambene Ukwenyuka kuka-Isaya, Ngokwesibonelo, lapho uMariya engazi nhlobo ngokubeletha), kucatshangwa ukuthi I-Protoevangelium kaJakobe yabhalelwa ukulwa ne-gnostic Docetism, owawugcina umzimba kaKristu wawuyinkohliso. Labo abenqaba ngokushesha imibhalo ye-apocrypha ngoba ayiyona imibhalo ephefumulelwe kufanele bacabangele ukuthi uJude oNgcwele ubhekisa ezincwadini ezimbili ezinjalo., Ukwenyuka KukaMose futhi Okokuqala u-Enoke, eTestamenteni lakhe Elisha Incwadi (bona Jude 1:9, 14).

Nakuba ingenamsebenzi njengemithombo yemfundiso yenkolo, izincwadi ze-Apocrypha ziyayinikeza ubufakazi ngemibono engokwenkolo eyayidlange phakathi kwamaKristu emakhulwini okuqala eminyaka. Ayevame ukubhalwa ezungeze izinkolelo zobuKristu obuvamile, Empeleni, okwakungakacaciswa ngokugcwele yiBandla. Izinkolelo eziningi ngeNcasakazi Ebusisiwe zafakwa ekulandiseni okunjalo—ezinye ziyiqiniso, abanye hhayi, ezinye zivela emiBhalweni naseSikweni Elingcwele, abanye bevela emiqondweni yabahlubuki. Ukukhululeka kukaMariya ebuhlungwini bokubeletha, ngaphezu kwalokho, kuqinisekiswa ababhali bokuqala be-orthodox izinga lika-Irenaeus noClement wase-Alexandria. Lona kanye iqiniso lokuthi ukubeletha kwakhe okungenabuhlungu kushiwo amakholwa anezizinda namathonya ahlukahlukene—ama-orthodox nama-heterodox—lisikisela umbono owandulela imibhalo.; ukuthi aliphushwanga iqembu lakamuva kodwa lafundiswa abaPhostoli.