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MARY`SPREPARATION
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Idfacilecolligiturexillisverbis,quae
aprimoparenteenunciatasunt,quum
Evemuxoremsuamaccepit;quaedeinde
ChristusDominusinEvengeliucompro-
bavit:“Quarerelinquethomopatremet
matrem,etadhaerebituxorisuae,eterunt
duoincarneuna;”itemexeoAposto-
liloco:“Muliersuicorporispotestatem
nonhabet,sedvir;similiterautemetvir
suicorporispotestatemnonhabet,sed
mulier.”Quareoptimoiuregravissimae
animadversionesaDominoinadulteros,
quodhancmaritalemfidemfrangant,in
veterilegeconsitutaeerant.[CR,ParsII,
CaputVIII,XXIV(Ratisbonae,p.261)].
TeLatinquotation
Tisisanobviousinferencefromthese
words,utteredbyourfirstparentonre-
ceivinghiswifeEve,wordsofwhich,asthe
Gospelinformsus,ChristtheLordafer-
wardsapproved:“Wherefore,amanshall
leavefatherandmother,andshallcleaveto
hiswife,andtheyshallbetwoinoneflesh”
(Gen.ii,24;Matt,xix,5);alsofromthat
passageoftheApostle:“Tewifehathnot
powerofherownbody,butthehusband;
andinlikemannerthehusbandalsohath
notpowerofhisownbody,butthewife”
(1Cor.vii,4).HenceintheOldLawmost
justlyweretheheaviestchastisements
ordainedbytheLordagainstadulterers,
becausetheyviolatethisconjugalfaith
(Num.v,12,sqq.)[CCT,PartII,Chapter
VIII,QuestionXXIV
TeEnglishquotation
,p.301-302].
Evewasthewifeofthefirstman,forthisreasonapriorityamongallpeoplewas
admittedtothem.
CCThasmadementionoftheattributesofthefirstwomanEve.Teyare:
innocence,spotlessnessandnon-sufering.Evehasundertakedanessentialsocial
functionsheisawifeandwillbeamother.
TeologicalsourcesbetweentheCatechismOfTeCouncilofTrentandthe
CatechismOfTeCatholicChurch
WehavedifcultyinfindingEve`simageindividualizedasthefirstwoman
intheelaborationsandtheologicalsources.Usually,theChurchremindsusof
animageofthefirstpeople,inthelessonaboutGodtheCreator,theoriginalsin
ofman,oralsoaboutthedignityofahumanperson,andthenaturalvocationof
man.TefirstpeoplearecalledlikeintheBibleAdamandEve,oralsothefirst
parents.Teirpersonshavebecomeatypicalimageandasymbolofeveryman
ladenwithsin.
IntheCredo,PaulVIhaswrittenaboutahumannaturethatisdiferentfrom
thenatureofthefirsthumancouple;itisnotcharacteristicofsainthood,norjusti-
ce,norinnocence:“…humannature,commontoallmen,tofalltoastateinwhich
itbearstheconsequencesofthatofense,andwhichisnotthestateinwhichitwas
atfirstinourfirstparentsestablishedastheywereinholinessandjustice,andin