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15 claims in this doctrine
Mariology
Mary — Mother of God and Mother of the Church
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Mariology
The Virgin Birth is a literal biological miracle, not a metaphor
Historically Verified
Mariology
Mary is ever-virgin and should be called Aeiparthenos — the ever-virgin
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Mariology
Augustine excepts the holy Virgin Mary from the general discussion of sin, out of honour to Christ
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Mariology
The Assumption of Mary into heaven is a pious belief of the Church
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Mariology
Mary remained a virgin after the birth of Christ
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Mariology
Mary is Theotokos — the Mother of God
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Mariology
Nestorius was wrong to divide the two natures of Christ into two persons
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Mariology
Was the title Theotokos — God-bearer, Mother of God — used by orthodox Christians before the Council of Ephesus defined it, or was it a theological innovation imposed by the council?
Origen, writing c. AD 230, uses Theotokos without explanation or defence — as a term so established he sees no need to…
Historically Verified
3 sources AD 230–431
Mariology
Did the early Church fathers teach that Mary remained a virgin after the birth of Christ — or did this doctrine emerge late?
Jerome identifies Helvidius as the first writer known to him who denied Mary's perpetual virginity after the birth of Christ. This means…
Historically Verified
3 sources AD 244–410

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