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1 | Theological Term: Theotokos | Luke 1:31 | Wild Olive Shoot | 156044 | ||
Well, Let’s get this all out in the open. Theotokos: Mother of God : Mary's son, Jesus, was fully God, as well as fully human, and that Jesus' two natures (divine and human) were united in a single person of the Trinity. It was defined that although Jesus has two natures, human and divine, these are eternally united in one personhood. Mary being mother of God the Son is therefore duly entitled Mother of God. Christotokos: Mother of Christ: The intent behind calling her Christotokos was to restrict her role to be only the mother of "Christ's humanity" and not His Divine nature. Nestorianism: that Jesus had two persons, the man Jesus and the divine Son of God, instead of one unified person. (Christotokos) Monophysitism: Christ has only one nature, as opposed to the Chalcedonian position which holds that Christ has two natures, one divine and one human. There are two major doctrines that can undisputedly be called monophysite: Eutychianism: the human nature of Christ was essentially obliterated by the Divine, "dissolved like a drop of honey in the sea". Apollinarianism: Christ had a human body and human "living principle" but that the Divine Logos had taken the place of the nous, or "thinking principle", analogous but not identical to what might be called a mind in the present day. Scripture, time and time again makes reference to Mary as the mother of Jesus. This Jesus, is / was God incarnate. He was always God, but not always human until the incarnation. Holding both positions, after His incarnation, He never left either until his death. To say Mary is the mother of God in His humanity “only†is to separate Him from His divinity (which would indicate that while He was human He was not God, which did not happen). Jesus was always divine. He was fully Human while remaining divine. You cannot separate one from the other. Mary is rightfully the mother of God. Does that make her any better. Not necessarily. It simply shows that she was in God’s favor and the one chosen to give birth to the Savior. I think the doctrine emphasized that. The big words confuse me… Can’t we keep it simple. WOS Now for the backlash… |
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2 | Theological Term: Theotokos | Luke 1:31 | DocTrinsograce | 156046 | ||
Dear Brother WOS, Thank you for posting a clear explanation! Well done. In Him, Doc |
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