THREE BIG BASIC QUESTIONS OF LIFE
1. Where did I come from?
2. Why am I here?
3. Where am I going?
What your answers are determine your world view
YESTERDAY
We understood a concept of sin
Federal, Seminal, and combination of both
We talked about the HOLY THING placed by the HOLY GHOST inside Mary's womb
It was not a combination egg cell sperm cell.
It was a whole Son of Man, Son of God, Holy living thing already whole and placed inside a woman's womb for sustenance by natural gestation periods of a human being.
We also talked about the concept, the reality, the people thrown in hell for all eternity that will give glory to God
In what way? God's execution of perfect justice glorifies Him
The title Theotokos
1. Adoption at the Third Ecumenical Council
As a title for the Virgin Mary, Theotokos was recognized by the Orthodox Church at Third Ecumenical Council held at Ephesus in 431. It had already been in use for some time in the devotional and liturgical life of the Church. The theological significance of the title is to emphasize that Mary's son, Jesus, is fully God, as well as fully human, and that Jesus' two natures (divine and human) were united in a single Person of the Trinity. The competing view at that council was that Mary should be called Christotokos instead, meaning "Birth-giver to Christ." This was the view advocated by Nestorius, then Patriarch of Constantinople. 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.
1. Where did I come from?
2. Why am I here?
3. Where am I going?
What your answers are determine your world view
YESTERDAY
We understood a concept of sin
Federal, Seminal, and combination of both
We talked about the HOLY THING placed by the HOLY GHOST inside Mary's womb
It was not a combination egg cell sperm cell.
It was a whole Son of Man, Son of God, Holy living thing already whole and placed inside a woman's womb for sustenance by natural gestation periods of a human being.
We also talked about the concept, the reality, the people thrown in hell for all eternity that will give glory to God
In what way? God's execution of perfect justice glorifies Him
The title Theotokos
1. Adoption at the Third Ecumenical Council
As a title for the Virgin Mary, Theotokos was recognized by the Orthodox Church at Third Ecumenical Council held at Ephesus in 431. It had already been in use for some time in the devotional and liturgical life of the Church. The theological significance of the title is to emphasize that Mary's son, Jesus, is fully God, as well as fully human, and that Jesus' two natures (divine and human) were united in a single Person of the Trinity. The competing view at that council was that Mary should be called Christotokos instead, meaning "Birth-giver to Christ." This was the view advocated by Nestorius, then Patriarch of Constantinople. 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.
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