TSW ~ Eric W. King "The Shepherds Way": Regarding Mary Worship

Here I give a review on how the phrase "theotokos" lead to even

more heresy. Please watch and share with your Roman Catholic friends. ~ Eric W. King

It is not that we reject the Trinity..no, no, never! We accept the Divinity of Jesus Christ. It is that we must be careful on how we understand this most important doctrine of the Christian Church. After watching the above talk I urge you to watch some brief statements given about the Divinity of Jesus Christ which further explain proper understanding. - E.W.King (click here to watch)

Statements on the Nature of Christ

By Eric William King

We believe that Holy Mother Mary did give birth to Jesus Christ who became fully man and was at the same time fully God. So we accept that Mary is “the mother of God”. St Martin Luther also affirms this. Having stated that fact we must be careful with the term, Theotokos (meaning “mother of God” or “God bearer”) because of what the Roman Church has done to Mary. They state that Mary is now a co-midiatrix with Christ meaning that Mary has the mediation attributes of the Son of God. This is blasphemy.

The Roman Cult insinuates by “Mary Mother of God” to transform her into a “goddess” or what they refer to as “the Queen of Heaven”. Again, blasphemy.

Upon further review of the early church we actually agree with St Nestorius regarding this issue who stated that it was more Biblically correct to call Mother Mary “Christotokos”, meaning “bearer of the Christ” or Kyriou (Lord). This agrees with Sola Scriptura (Luke 1:43) However we - like St Luther - reject St Nestorius’ views on the separate natures of Christ.

We also know from Scripture that Jesus is ultimately “without father or mother”. (Hebrews 7:3) Seeing what the Roman Cult has done to Mother Mary we believe that St Luther would most certainly agree with us on the current use of Theotokos.

Also, we agree with St Martin Luther that Jesus (fully God, fully man) used His majesty while on earth “as it pleased Him” but we clarify always in agreement with God the Father’s will. In this sense we have stated that Jesus worked within the Father’s will completely while incarnate. This also agrees with Sola Scriptura.

We fully agree with “The Formula of Concord”, Article 8, “The Person Christ”-18 which states:

“Christ is and remains to all eternity God and man in one undivided person. Next to the Holy Trinity, this is the highest mystery, upon which our only consolation, life, and salvation depends, as the apostle testifies in 1^st Timothy 3:16.”

We hope to continue to clarify these most important issues here at “The Shepherds Way” and the “Nugget of Truth”.

Eric William King (April 9^th 2020)

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Ancient Antiochene Christian Doctrine

This ministry and teachings (TSW - The Shepherds Way) only holds to the earliest church (proper) teachings, before the Great Schism which became the Roman Catholic Church & Greek Orthodox Church. We hold to Christo-tokos not Theo-tokos. We believe in the Divine Trinity and reject the praying to anybody else, body-spirit, other than God through our Lord Jesus Christ. It wasn’t until the Council of Trent in 1545 that the teaching on saintly intercession was officially laid down. We reject this council.

Most of our history stresses the first 451 years of the Christian Church when many of the early heresies were properly dealt with. We welcome you to study with us here and listen to all of our Nugget of Truth online lectures. We hold to and teach the Ancient Antiochene Christian Doctrine.
May God richly bless you. ~ E.W.King

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The Shepherds Way - Original Christianity

The Shepherds Way continues to teach the Word of God in Truth. Showing the thread of Truth from the first Church of Antioch. Our first Bishop there being the Apostle Peter. We have the writings of our early teachers and the records of early Church history.

We show that there were no major denominations for the first 400 years of the church, before the Roman Catholic and Greek schism occurred. Hence, the first and most early church, the original church founded by our Saviour, Yzues Christos, still exists today in the modern Antiochene Church.

If you are a Christian and want to truly understand the unpolluted and rich theology of the original church then you are welcome to begin your free studies here by watching all of Eric William King's theological lectures and studies.

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