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To: Fedora
However; the phrease the mother of Jesus is found twice.

No Mother of GOD in evidence.

512 posted on 05/08/2017 5:10:24 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie
However; the phrease the mother of Jesus is found twice.

No Mother of GOD in evidence.

Jesus is God, so this is an obvious deduction. But your comment illustrates why the early church councils felt the need to emphasize that Mary was the Mother of God (Θεοτόκος): denial of this logically leads to a denial of either Jesus' full divinity or his full humanity. To quote Cyril of Alexandria's response to the Nestorian heresy: "I am amazed that there are some who are entirely in doubt as to whether the holy Virgin should be called Theotokos or not. For if our Lord Jesus Christ is God, how is the holy Virgin who gave [Him] birth, not [Theotokos]?"

539 posted on 05/12/2017 2:47:55 AM PDT by Fedora
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