Christotokos
Doctrine · On the Mother of God · 428–431
Mary is Mother of Christ, and it is not proper to call a creature the mother of God.
The alternative Nestorius preached at Constantinople. He offered it as a safeguard against confusing the natures; Cyril read it as dividing the person.
Held it
- 428 — Nestorius (Holds). Preaches that Mary should be called Mother of Christ, since a creature did not bear the Godhead. Attributed by the Council of Ephesus. The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) · Ephesus (431), the Twelve Anathemas of Cyril, anathema 1
Refused it
- 431 — The Council of Ephesus (Condemns). Anathematizes anyone who does not confess Emmanuel to be truly God and the holy Virgin Mother of God. The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) · Ephesus (431), the Twelve Anathemas of Cyril, anathema 1
In the disputes
- The Nestorian controversy A quarrel about a title of Mary that was a quarrel about her Son.
First stated in this form after The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) · Ephesus (431), the Twelve Anathemas of Cyril, anathema 1.