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och and the Patriarchate of Istanbul, put forward a view opposing the divine nature of
Christ and regarding Mary as the mother of a human being. The Alexandrian school
supported the traditional view that Mary was the mother of God, and Nestorius was ex-
iled. Reverence for the Virgin Mary increased in Ephesus, which became a Christian
centre.
5 TEMPLE OF SERAPIS
This 2nd-century temple, dedicated to the Egyptian god Serapis, is evidence of the at-
mosphere of religious tolerance in cosmopolitan Ephesus. The marble Corinthian
temple is remarkable for the size of its monolithic columns. Some of the huge blocks
weigh over 50 tonnes.
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