Wider Than Heaven: Eighth-century Homilies on the Mother of God
Description
Mary, the virgin of Nazareth, was chosen by God to conceive and give birth to his only Son, Jesus Christ, at the time and place that prophets had foretold throughout the Old Testament. As Orthodox bishops eventually decided at the Third Ecumenical Council held in Ephesus, ad 431, the Virgin Mary contained God himself in her womb. She should therefore be called Theotokos ( God-bearer or Birth-giver of God ) and be praised for her essential role in the mystery of the Incarnation. At the Church s recognition of her place in christological doctrine, popular veneration of the Virgin began from t...
ISBN(s)
0881413267, 9780881413267
