Maria (English spelling)

Japanese: マリア（英語表記）Maria; Mary

The mother of Jesus Christ. Usually called "Virgin Mary." Along with her husband Joseph, she is said to be of the lineage of David. Mary was engaged to Joseph, but she became pregnant by the Holy Spirit before they were married. Joseph decided to divorce her, but an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and told him that the conception was of the Holy Spirit and that the child would be the Savior. When he awoke from his sleep, he took Mary as his wife and named the child Jesus (Matthew 1:18-25). Before Joseph, the angel Gabriel had already announced the virgin birth to Mary, and the child to be named Jesus was called "the Son of the Most High" and was said to rule the house of Jacob forever (Luke 1:26-33). Although the Bible does not provide detailed information about Mary's life, in theology, it has long been known as Mariology, which has a close relationship with Christology and has been a major driving force in soteriology. It includes discussions of Mary's Immaculate Conception, perpetual virginity, Marian veneration, the title Theotokos (Mother of God), and her Assumption.

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Japanese:

イエス・キリストの母。普通「聖母マリア」と呼ばれる。夫ヨセフとともにダビデの家系とされる。マリアはヨセフと婚約していたが，結婚前に聖霊によって懐胎した。ヨセフは離縁を決意したが，主の使いが夢に現れ，懐胎は聖霊によるものであること，その子は救い主となるべきことを告げたので，眠りからさめるとマリアを妻とし，生れた子をイエスと名づけた (マタイ福音書1・18～25) 。マリアに対してはヨセフに先立ってすでに主の使い天使ガブリエルによる処女懐胎の告知がなされ，イエスと名づけられるべき子が「いと高き者の子」と称せられ，とこしえにヤコブ家を支配するといわれている (ルカ福音書1・26～33) 。聖書の記事からマリアの生涯について詳しく知ることはできないが，神学上は古来マリア論の名称のもとにキリスト論と密接な関係に立ちつつ救済論の主要な契機をなし，マリアの無原罪の御やどり，終生処女性，マリア崇敬，テオトコス (神の母) という称号，被昇天などについて論議がなされている。

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