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To: Scotswife
trying to diminish the salutation of Elizabeth is, in my opinion, stretching it quite a bit. Jesus called Mary “mother.” Elizabeth called her “mother”.

Where did I do that. I thought I was clear, calling Mary the Mother of the Lord was Biblical. Just because the Bible says Jesus is God, does not mean that is all God is. Jesus is referred to as both God and as separate from the Father. So saying Mary is the Mother of God, you would be saying Mary is both the Mother of the Son and the Mother of the Father. I can not say that.

50 posted on 04/05/2007 12:24:47 PM PDT by Always Right
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To: Always Right

“Just because the Bible says Jesus is God, does not mean that is all God is.

ok...so now you’re talking about the mystery of the Holy Trinity?

“So saying Mary is the Mother of God, you would be saying Mary is both the Mother of the Son and the Mother of the Father. I can not say that.”

That is not what we are saying...we say it because we agree that Jesus is God.
We do realize she is not the mother of the Holy Spirit - who is God, or the mother of God the Father who is God.

So maybe we are being a bit lazy where we could say...”Mary mother of God, 2nd person of the Holy Trinity.

but that gets wordy, and because we know the disntinction, we say “mother of God” for short.


55 posted on 04/05/2007 12:40:17 PM PDT by Scotswife
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