Do not say: ‘If the only begotten Son was begotten of the Father, how could he be born a second time of the Virgin?’ He is born from the Father according to his divine nature; he is born from the Virgin according to the economy of salvation. First as God, then as man
Theodotus of Anchyra, Homily 2, 7; PG 77, 1377 B-C.
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References:
Gambero, L., 1999. Mary and the Fathers of the Church 1st ed. Translated by Buffer, T., San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
