See here what Bl. Theophylact speculates about Theotokos:
Blessed Theophylact commentary on Luke 8:19-20 (Mark 3:31-35)
Chapter Three 35
...31-35. There came then His brethren and His mother, and, stand-
ing without, sent unto Him, calling Him. And the multitude sat about
Him, and they said unto Him, Behold, Thy mother and Thy brethren
without seek for Thee. And He answered them, saying, Who is My
mother, or My brethren? And He looked round about on them which
sat about Him, and said, Behold My mother and My brethren! For
whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is My brother, and My
sister, and mother. The brothers of the Lord out of envy approached to
lay hold of Him as one who was “beside himself’ and demon-possessed.
Vainglory perhaps had taken hold of His mother, and she came to draw
Him away from His teaching, thus showing the multitude that she could
lead around the One at Whom they marvelled, and even make Him leave
His teaching. The Lord therefore replies, “My mother will derive no
benefit from being My mother unless she has the other virtues as well;
likewise, neither will kinship of the flesh benefit My brothers.” For
Christ’s true kin are they who do the will of God. By saying these things,
the Lord is not thereby denying His mother, but He is showing that she
will not be worthy of honor only because she gave Him birth, but because
she also possesses every other virtue. And if she does not have these
virtues, others will be shown greater honor for their true kinship to Him.
Can you believe this? I can't. I am unable to believe that our Holy Most Pure Mother would even have a vain thought, let alone act on it. Theotokos is proof that it is possible for a natural born human to live and not sin. She is our hope. She loves us — She does not show-off to us... Because of this, I never listen to anything Bl. Theophylact says, anymore. He is God's servant and God will judge him. He is not here to retract his errors, or to deny these words in case somebody framed him — but in the meantime, I will not read anything he wrote. If anything is vain here, it is this thoughtless blah blah blah speculating about Theotokos having narcissistic motives. Disgusting. ~jh
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In addition he imputes envy to His brothers — I think he is stricken with a serious case of projection. Whether they believed He was "mad" or not, all I see is that they were afraid for their little brother. They wanted to warn Him and protect Him. No envy. No vainglory and no envy.
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