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To: rzman21

I’m not aware of any organized body that fully agrees with Nestorius—since he was condemned as a heretic by the unified Church (East and West) during his lifetime. This was because he denied a union between God’s eternal nature and Jesus’ human nature was possible—as shown here. Logically then Jesus would have to be two persons, not one, God the eternal Son being one, Jesus the man being another. This deconstructs Jesus, making His human nature not simultaneously divine. This is not orthodoxy—and gave birth to a group called the Nestorians.

What is your point?


3 posted on 01/09/2012 10:53:55 PM PST by AnalogReigns (because REALITY is never digital...)
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To: AnalogReigns; rzman21; 21twelve; Iscool; UriÂ’el-2012
AnalogI’m not aware of any organized body that fully agrees with Nestorius

Nestorius publicly challenged the long-used title Theotokos (Bringer forth of God) for the Virgin Mary. He suggested that the title denied Christ's full humanity, arguing instead that Jesus had two natures, the divine Logos and the human Jesus. As such he proposed Christotokos (Bringer forth of Christ) as a more suitable title for Mary.

This would be similar to the philosophies propounded by iscool or Uri'el.

and we see a lot of these views pushed on FreeRepublic...

6 posted on 01/10/2012 4:54:16 AM PST by Cronos (Party like it's 12 20, 2012)
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To: AnalogReigns

You are right that orthodox Christians of all sects reject the heresy of Nestorious. The point I believe is that the title of Theotokos or Mother of God, which is given to Mary was given to refute the Nestorian heresy not to claim she was the Mother of the God the Father, first person of the Holy Trinity.


15 posted on 01/10/2012 9:08:58 AM PST by lastchance ("Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis" St. Augustine)
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To: AnalogReigns
I’m not aware of any organized body that fully agrees with Nestorius

Well, the "Assyrian Church of the East" is a historically Nestorian body. Whether they "fully agree" or ever fully agreed with Nestorius is certainly debatable.

16 posted on 01/10/2012 9:15:04 AM PST by Campion ("It is in the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins." -- Franklin)
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To: AnalogReigns; rzman21

Analog — as I pointed out above, there are quite a few bodies that agree with Nestorius. Nestorianism, Arianism died out in the first centuries. Then they revived post the 1600s and you have Arians (Jehovah’s Witnesses philosophy to a large extent, and also Unitarianism) and Nestorianism flourishing here in America.


73 posted on 01/11/2012 12:37:40 AM PST by Cronos (Party like it's 12 20, 2012)
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