DIVINE MOTHER
“When the designated time had come, God sent forth His Son born of a woman, born under the law, to deliver from the law those who were subjected to it, so that we might receive our status as adopted sons.” —Galatians 4:4-5 The name bestowed on the Blessed Virgin Mary, “Theotokos,” Greek for “God-bearer,” did not originate from an environment of peace. The Council of Ephesus convened in the year 431 to bestow this title upon Mary amid much theological dissension. This title, Theotokos, is worth fighting for. Was Mary merely the mother of Jesus’ humanity, but not of His...