Summary
Emperor Theodosius II summoned bishops of the state church to Ephesus to settle the dispute between Nestorius and Cyril of Alexandria. Cyril's party met before the bishops from Antioch arrived, deposed Nestorius, and affirmed that Mary is Theotokos, the bearer of God, because the one she bore is God the Son in the flesh. The Antiochene bishops met separately and deposed Cyril, and a reconciliation followed only in 433. Baptists affirm what the title first protected, that the child of Mary is God the Son, because Scripture teaches it, without the later devotion to Mary.
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