"Do you believe in the doctrine of the Incarnation? I mean as defined by the first four Church councils and which were also held by Luther and Calvin to be true. Or do you not think they read the Scriptures, too?"
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76 posted on 03/29/2013 12:19:36 PM PDT by Dutchboy88
The term mother of God, or more precisely, theotokos, which means God-bearer, was conferred on Mary to elevate Jesus as God and Man. The alternative view was—and is— Jesus as a super prophet, but not a divine being.