Wider than heaven: eighth-century homilies on the Mother of God
by John,, of Damascus, Saint, Cunningham, Mary, (Lecturer in historical theology and Orthodox Christian studies), Andrew,, of Crete, Saint, Germanus, I,, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople
fromSt. Vladimir's Seminary Press "popular patristics" series
"Mary, the Virgin of Nazareth, was chosen by God to conceive and give birth to his only Son, Jesus Christ, as foretold by the Old Testament prophets. At the Third Ecumenical Council (Ephesus A.D. 431) Orthodox bishops proclaimed that the Virgin Mary had contained God himself in …