My whole point is being PRECISE in the language. Mother of GOD is not precise. It IS confusing. And, taken in its most natural sense would lead you in all sorts of directions.
God means all sorts of things. God the Father is God. God the Spirit is God. God the Son is God. Three persons, one God. Not three Gods. One God. Mother of God? What does that tell me. Nothing precise. Mother of Jesus tells me more.
Mother means all sorts of things and the nearly exclusive definition of a biological mother is one which includes preceding that which you bear.
I am told that "IS" in Jesus is God doesn't necessarily mean that God is Jesus. Why can't the same apply to Mary? Mary IS the mother of Jesus, who is God. But Mary is NOT the mother of God? After all, it is the incarnation and some leeway should be given to the miraculous.
Kolo, I have also been meaning to ask this. Is there a problem with saying Mother of God verses Bearer of God? I know that the Greek term is different for Mother and Bearer, though the "tokos" implies motherhood.
"Kolo, I have also been meaning to ask this. Is there a problem with saying Mother of God verses Bearer of God? I know that the Greek term is different for Mother and Bearer, though the "tokos" implies motherhood."
Really in this context the "tokos" part does mean mother, but you could call her the God bearer and be appropriate and correct to the extent that in this context bearer always means to be "the one who gave birth to". "Phoros" is the usual suffix used when we mean bearer in the sense of carrying as in "Christophoros" or "Theophoros" both of which are proper names.