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To: SoothingDave
Ok everybody. Last team to beat the Patriots and rather soundly? You guessed it. The mighty Broncos.
23,750 posted on 02/04/2002 6:52:15 AM PST by Invincibly Ignorant
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To: the808bass;wordsmith
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I think that most Protestants (if not all, and I use the word Protestant to mean Non-Catholic, Non-Orthodox) on this thread would assent to the complete divinity of Jesus Christ our Lord. I think many's shyness when it comes to the term theotokos is due to the vehemence with which we are asked to accept it by our brothers in the Roman Catholic church. Is Jesus God? Yes. Is Mary his mother? Yes. Is she God's mother? In the sense that she bore the eternal Logos as her son, yes. Is she superior to God? Of course not. No RC or Orthodox would say that she is superior to God. And yet we think that the term might bring some confusion and so we avoid it. That's my opinion. Looked at the term in the context of history, I understand its origin (at least I think I do) and agree with it in that context. For there it affirms the fulness of Jesus divinity and humanity, against those who would claim otherwise.

Always reasonable, bass. I think you might not speak for all NC's here. Remember, if someone can believe it, they will. We've had people here claiming that Jesus didn't become God until He was baptised.

SD

23,754 posted on 02/04/2002 6:56:35 AM PST by SoothingDave
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