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Early Christian view of the Holy Trinity
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Hi Brother Chuck,

Yes the orthodox did take it a little far by calling the blessed virgin the Theotokos, but in their defense they do not believe she is the Mother of God's divinity. They believe, as we do, that Christ is God and therefore the logical conclusion (for them) is that the blessed virgin deserves such a title.

What I disagree with is your objection to God dying on the cross, if Christ is God then God died, hear me out. The divinity of Christ did not die, for how can the divine nature die? But even though it was His humanity that died, we should never forget that Christ in His humanity was still God incarnate. The church of the east maintains that the divine and human Qnume were preserved in their natures without co mingling or confusion and that they were undivided and inseparable.

The reason (shamasha Paul can correct me here) that we do not state the term 'mother of God' or affirm that 'God' died is due to the fact that in semetic terms it would imply that God's divinity was born and God's divinity died.
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