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This is a follow-up from the passage I shared on Tuesday from Met. Kallistos Ware's essay on "The Dormition of the Theotokos." In this next paragraph, he focuses on the uniqueness of the Virgin Mary, who is the Theotokos.
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The Holy Virgin is unique in the sense that there has been only one Divine Incarnation, and so there can be only one Mother of God. Throughout the entire history of the world, both past and future, only once has a baby been born who, while entirely human, is also the Second Person of the Holy Trinity, 'true God from true God;' and so throughout the entire history of the world, both past and future, only once has there been a woman who was chosen to be, in the literal and physical sense, Birthgiver of God. Spiritually, it is true, we are all of us called to give birth to God in our hearts; but in the later case we are speaking of a maternity that is mystical, not physical.
... By virtue of her Divine Maternity, her life was conformed to his in every possible respect, due allowance being made, of course, for the all-important point of differentiation that he is the only-begotten Son of God, divine by nature, whereas she is a created human person, divinized by grace.
