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Anthony Tao wrote:

Hi, guys —

I heard that the Church canceled Her condemnation of Nestorius and his followers, so denying Mary as "Mother of God" is no longer viewed as heresy.

  • Is this right?

Anthony Tao

  { Did the Church cancel Her condemnation of Nestorius and is denying Mary: "Mother of God",heresy? }

Mike replied:

Dear Anthony,

A simple question; a simple answer.

No!!! PERIOD.

See the canons of the Council of Ephesus which happened in 431 A.D.

Mike

Eric replied:

Anthony  —

Sorry for the unusual delay in getting back to you; sometimes things slip through the cracks.

I argue this is wrong. I understand there may have been some question whether Nestorius really believed what was attributed to him, but it would certainly be wrong to deny that Mary is "Mother of God". Whether this would be heresy would depend on why one was denying Mary was the Mother of God.

The title "Mother of God" protects against all sorts of heresies involving the nature of Christ.
To deny it would be a big red flag.

In any case, the canons of the Council of Ephesus remain in force, whether Nestorius himself really fell under them or not.

Eric

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