By the end of the fourth century the church had affirmed both the full deity and full humanity of the Son and had arrived at a serviceable doctrine of the Trinity, which would be subsequently elaborated.  During the fifth century the question of the relationship of the divine and human in the person or persons of Christ would come to center stage.

Suppose someone asked you whether Mary bore God or Christ.  What would you say?  How you answer would give some indication of how you conceive of the relationship of the divine and human in Christ. Read the rest of this entry →