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  Nestorius, an Antiocene, was  Patriarch of Constantinople in 428. His problems started when his chaplain, Anastasius, said, "Let no one call Mary 'Mother of God', for Mary was just a woman; and it is impossible that God could be born of a woman." This challenged both popular piety and the Alexandrines. Nestorius defended Anastasius, saying,
  
  "Was Paul a liar when he testified that Christ was 'Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life' (Hebrews 7:3)? No: Mary was not the mother of God. For 'What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit' (John 3:6) A creature did not brought forth him who is uncreated; the Father did not beget from the Virgin an Infant God."
  
  Nestorius pushed the Antiocene position too far. He posited two “sons” of God, one natural and divine and the other adopted and human. Since Mary bore the human son, she can be called "Mother of Christ", but not "Mother of God".