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To: spunkets; All

Calling Mary the mother of Jesus is sufficient--if the goal is to distinguish her from all other mothers.

What is the purpose of changing it to calling her

THE MOTHER OF GAWWWWWWWD

???

Why is "Mother of Jesus" inadquate, in sufficient?

Inadequate in terms of what?

In sufficient in terms of what?

Why the change?

Sociolinguistically, please explain the change.

Psycholinguistically, please explain the change?


7,861 posted on 01/28/2007 1:00:20 PM PST by Quix (LET GOD ARISE & HIS ENEMIES BE 100% DONE-IN; & ISLAM & TRAITORS FLUSHED)
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To: Quix

I don't think sociolinguistics or psycholinguistics were among the concerns of the ecumenical councils.


7,862 posted on 01/28/2007 1:35:38 PM PST by D-fendr
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To: Quix

They oppose "Mother of Christ" because Nestorius used it. And he likely wasn't even a Nestorian in the way the council defined the heresy! Mother of Jesus is of course a biblical term, but I've been told it is inadequate because to them it strips the person in Mary's womb of His deity. That makes zero sense, but that is what I was told probably 6000 posts ago.


7,898 posted on 01/28/2007 9:55:48 PM PST by Blogger
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