“I would say most do. Here’s why: Mary was the earthly mother of the man Jesus, who is Christ. So we don’t say Mary is the mother of God.”
So you are, I take it, a Nestorian. And here I thought Nestorianism was stamped out 1500 years ago and now I find its alive and well here in Protestant America!
To say that Mary is not the Theotokos is a Christological heresy and has been since the 5th century, VLL.
“So you are, I take it, a Nestorian. And here I thought Nestorianism was stamped out 1500 years ago and now I find its alive and well here in Protestant America!”
I’m a saved by the blood born again Christian who looks to the The Word for Truth. If that’s Nestorian, than so be it. You and another poster brought that up. I will have to read up on it—I’m unaware of that philosophy. Thanks for mentioning Nestorianism to me.
Mary is the mother of God to the extent that Jesus came from her womb. It doesn’t mean she shares his divinity, which belongs to him alone.
“To say that Mary is not the Theotokos is a Christological heresy and has been since the 5th century, VLL.”
“Theotokos” and “Mother of God” are two different things. “Theotokos” means “God-bearer”.
I suggest you review the Definition of Chalcedon and the subsequent councils.