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To: fortheDeclaration; Petronski
[Mary is the mother of the human nature, not the Divine one.]
This is the Nestorian heresy.
No, the Nestorian heresy is saying that Christ was two persons.

Actually, some sources say Nestorianism claims two persons and some say two separate natures. I unfortunately don't know any Greek (yet), so I can't follow the controversy in original sources. But, using "natures," Nestorianism claimed that Mary was the mother only of the human nature and -- as a corollary -- that only the human nature suffered and died on the Cross, which leaves the theology of the Atonement rather in tatters . . .

1,488 posted on 06/03/2008 11:42:44 AM PDT by maryz
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To: maryz

The two natures of Christ are not divisible. Dividing them is heresy.

Besides, since is His mother, He is her Son. She is mother of a Son, not a nature.


1,489 posted on 06/03/2008 11:45:04 AM PDT by Petronski (Scripture & Tradition must be accepted & honored w/equal sentiments of devotion & reverence. CCC 82)
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