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To: Kolokotronis
In the subtleties of an emphasis shift, the most egregious heresies are born. Mary did not give Christ his humanity; Christ took upon himself manhood from Mary. (Philippians 2:6-7) This mighty act forever obliterates any merit claimed by any creature, or on behalf of any creature, drawn into the will of God.

The failure to recognize this simple emphasis shift results in the most obvious heretical errors. If Mary gave Christ his humanity by an act of her will, she is the supporting mechanism, and Christ continues to be contained by her, supported by her, emanating from her, infinitum. This is clearly evidenced by the myriad works of art depicting Jesus as a perpetual child in the lap of Mary, suckling from Mary, drawing his life from Mary. Your posted picture and quote is a very telling example of this heresy.

20 posted on 09/26/2008 9:34:57 PM PDT by fwdude
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To: fwdude
“Your posted picture and quote is a very telling example of this heresy.”

Odd that no Christian believed that for the first 1500 years plus of The Church's existence and only a very small minority, a minority outside The Church, believes that today. Am I to conclude that the HS has done a singularly lousy job of protecting The Church from heresy, fwd?

In any event, here is the dogma, proclaimed in 433:

"We profess therefore that Our Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, is true God and true man, constituted by a body and a rational soul: that He was engendered by the Father before all time as to His divinity, and as to His humanity, was born of the Virgin Mary in time for us and for our salvation; that He is consubstantial with the Father in His divinity, and consubstantial with us in His humanity; for one union was effected by the two natures, and we acknowledge only one Christ, one Son, one Lord. Because of this union, which is free from all admixture, we also acknowledge that the Blessed Virgin is the Mother of God {Theotokos}, because God the Word was made flesh, was made man, coalesced with the Temple (His humanity), which He took from Her."

The Church and The Fathers of the Council of Ephesus were quite aware of scripture.

21 posted on 09/27/2008 4:20:13 AM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated)
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