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As often happens, there has been a bit of theo-drama on Twitter lately, in this case to do with people saying Nestorian-ish things and resisting to accept why Theotokos is an acceptable title for the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of Our Lord. This drama has happened to coincide with me teaching about the Council of Ephesus (431) which condemned Nestorius for heresy, so I was going to be all up on St Cyril of Alexandria, anyway.
The question emerges, especially when some on “my side” (the pro-Cyril party of Twitter) get firing really hot: Why care?
And I want to broaden the question out from “Why should you care whether you can call St Mary the Virgin ‘Theotokos/Genetrix Dei/Mother of God’?” to “Why do guys like me care so much about sound doctrine?”
Continued below.
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The question emerges, especially when some on “my side” (the pro-Cyril party of Twitter) get firing really hot: Why care?
And I want to broaden the question out from “Why should you care whether you can call St Mary the Virgin ‘Theotokos/Genetrix Dei/Mother of God’?” to “Why do guys like me care so much about sound doctrine?”
Continued below.
Why I care about sound doctrine
As often happens, there has been a bit of theo-drama on Twitter lately, in this case to do with people saying Nestorian-ish things and resisting to accept why Theotokos is an acceptable title for t…
thepocketscroll.wordpress.com
