κηρυσσων την βασιλειαν του θεου και διδασκων τα περι του κυριου ιησου χριστου μετα πασης παρρησιας ακωλυτως. The underlying meaning of this blog is this: the essential unity of Christians worldwide regardless of race, nationality, or religious denomination. There are real disagreements among us but there is a small remnant in every authentically Christian gathering. The Holy Spirit is leading His remnant into deeper understandings of the "meat" of the Gospel and not just the "milk."
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Feast of the Birth of Mary/Nativity of the Theotokos
The Orthodox, Anglican, and Roman Catholic Churches celebrate today as the day of the birthday of Mary, mother of Jesus. She was declared in 431 by the Council of Ephesus to be the Theotokos, literally in Greek "the God-bearer" or "the God-birther." Those of some other Christian traditions prefer to call Mary the "Mother of God" or the "Mother of Jesus" because they are bothered by the elevation of any human to what they see as a semi-divine state. They believe that Mary was blessed to be Jesus' mother, but that she was not a divine or even semi-divine figure. She was what Jesus called her, a woman (John 19:26).
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