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 him must be called the Mother of God. “ This Faith,” he adds, “the disciples of Christ delivered, though they used not the expression.” But, since the Council of Nice, he observes, it has been used by many Fathers, whose names he mentions. Ep. ad Monachos Ægypti. Conc. Gen. T. iii. p. 19, &c.—St. Cyril in this epistle, and in many more which he wrote on the subject, strongly insists, that if the nature of the hypostatic union be considered—that union, whereby the Divine Nature was so united to the nature of man as to form but one Person-it must necessarily follow, that it is true to say, that God was born; and therefore that Mary was the Mother of God; that God suffered ; and that God died for us. Whatever doctrine teaches not this, manifestly overturns the belief in the Divinity of Jesus Christ; and with this error Nestorius was charged. Cælestin, the Roman Bishop, supported the cause of St. Cyril; and finally, in 431, the Council of Ephesus anathematised the errors of Nestorius, and deposed him from the See of Constantinople. From this time, the words of our prayer Mother of God have been universally used; and they may be considered as a profession of our belief in the Divinity of her Son.-In the Apostles Creed we say : Born of the Virgin Mary.

THEODORET, G. C.-" The temples of the victorious Martyrs rise, conspicuous for their magnitude and the richness of their embellishments. It is not once, or twice, or five times, that we, yearly approach them; but we frequently there assemble; and there, not unfrequently sing praises to their God. They who are in health, pray for its continuance: while they pray to be freed, who are oppressed by illness.But it is not as Gods, that they address the Martyrs, but as celestial men, entreating them to become their Intercessors." ''Serm. viii. adv. Gentes. T. iv. p. 605.