To: Melian
The mother of the Lord, yes. The mother of God, no. Can’t buy it; can’t say it.
81 posted on
07/23/2009 5:53:23 AM PDT by
chesley
("Hate" -- You wouldn't understand; it's a leftist thing)
To: chesley; Melian; MarkBsnr
The mother of the Lord, yes. The mother of God, no. Cant buy it; cant say it.
You do realise WHY we call her that, right? As we found during the Nestorian heresy (Nestorius was on the same page as you -- he was a holy man who wanted to defend The Church against the heresy of Arius. Your question comes from a real place, from a person really trying to know God.) to deny Mary the title of Theotokos means either that:
1. The Trinity is made of 3 separate Gods, or
2. There were two separate "persons" in Christ -- distinct from each other, so God did not experience life as a human or
3. Christ was NOT God or
4. He was a created being, a lesser god.
Do you believe in any of those points? I don't think you do. But the denying of the title Theotokos opens up those points as the only alternatives.
Reiterating again -- The Church believes that Mary was / is NOT God, she is a created being, she is inferior to God.
85 posted on
07/23/2009 6:23:12 AM PDT by
Cronos
(Ceterum censeo, Mecca et Medina delendae sunt + Jindal 2K12)
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