Theotokos (God-bearer)

The Capitula of the Council. (Labbe and Cossart, Concilia, Tom. V., col. 568.) I. If anyone shall not confess that the nature or essence of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost is one, as

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The XII. Anathematisms of St. Cyril Against Nestorius. (Found in St. Cyril’s Opera. Migne, Pat. Græc, Tom. LXXVII., Col. 119; and the Concilia.) I. If anyone will not confess that the Emmanuel is v

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Oration Concerning Simeon and Anna On the Day that They Met in the Temple. ———————————— I. Although I have before, as briefly as possible, in my dialogue on chastity, sufficiently laid the foundati

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“The natures which have been brought together in the true unity are distinct, and of both there is one God and Son, but the difference of the natures has not been removed in consequence of the union.”

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The Anathemas of Cyril in Opposition to Nestorius. ———————————— (Mansi T. IV. p. 1067–1082, Migne Cat. 76, col. 391. The anathemas of Nestorius against Cyril are to be found in Hardouin i. 1297.) I

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O fools, and only knowing how to misrepresent, how have ye been led to such a judgment, how have ye fallen into so foolish a sickness? For it is necessary, it is undoubtedly necessary, to understand t

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How the errors of later heretics have been condemned and refuted in the persons of their authors and originators. As we began by setting down in the first book some things by which we showed that our

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Objection 2: Further, Christ is called God in respect of His Divine Nature. But the Divine Nature did not first originate from the Virgin. Therefore the Blessed Virgin should not be called the Mother

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In this book St. Ambrose purposes to treat of the training of virgins, using examples rather than precepts, and explains why he does so in writing rather than by word of mouth. 1. In the former book

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10. Such has the Evangelist shown her, such did the angel find her, such did the Holy Spirit choose her. Why delay about details? How her parents loved her, strangers praised her, how worthy she was t

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To Cledonius the Priest Against Apollinarius. (Ep. CI.) To our most reverend and God-beloved brother and fellow-priest Cledonius, Gregory, greeting in the Lord. I desire to learn what is this fashio

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Elucidations. ———————————— I. (The God-bearing Mary, p. 242.) “This name” (θεοτόκος), says Pearson, “was first in use in the Greek Church, which, delighting in the happy compositions of that langu

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The ever-virgin One thus remains even after the birth still virgin, having never at any time up till death consorted with a man. For although it is written, And knew her not till she had brought forth

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6. What, then, is this, saith one, which the Lord saith, “Woman, what have I to do with thee?” Perhaps the Lord shows us in the sequel why He said this: “Mine hour,” saith He, “is not yet come.” For t

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The Book of John Concerning the Falling Asleep of Mary. ———————————— The Account of St. John the Theologian As the all-holy glorious mother of God and ever-virgin Mary, as was her wont, was going t

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ἡ θεοτόκος— Deipara. Gibbon (Chap. xlvii. 34) says, “It is not easy to fix the invention of this word, which La Croze (Christianisme des Indes, tom. i. p. 16) ascribes to Eusebius of Cæsarea and the A

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Chapter XXXII.—Of the Presbyter Anastasius, by whom the Faith of Nestorius was perverted. Nestorius had an associate whom he had brought from Antioch, a presbyter named Anastasius; for this man he ha

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Second Latin Form. Here Beginneth the Passing of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 1.Therefore, when the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ was hanging on the tree fastened by the nails of the cross for the life

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The Epistle of Cyril to Nestorius with the XII. Anathematisms. (Labbe and Cossart, Concilia, Tom. III., col. 395; Migne, Patr. Græc., Tom. LXXVII. [Cyril, Opera, Tom. X.], col. 105 et seqq.) To the

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We now have to consider the virginity of the Mother of God; concerning which there are four points of inquiry: (1) Whether she was a virgin in conceiving? (2) Whether she was a virgin in His Birth?

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