Huh? Jesus is God. Mary gave birth to Him. That makes Mary the Mother of God. Do Protestants deny this?
The title “Mother of God” applied to Mary was well-established in the fifth century—Nestorius got into a lot of trouble for objecting to the expression. He was Patriarch of Constantinople but was forced out and spent the rest of his life at a remote monastery in Egypt.
I would think it all depends on the context and the manner in which one is speaking of Mary. Of course they acknowledge her as the mother of Jesus. I am reminded of John 1:1-5: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.”
Protestants believe on one mediator between God and Man (the Lord Jesus Christ) and in the supremacy of Jesus through whom all things were made, including his own mother.
“Huh? Jesus is God. Mary gave birth to Him. That makes Mary the Mother of God. Do Protestants deny this? “
I would say most do. Here’s why: Mary was the earthly mother of the man Jesus, who is Christ. So we don’t say Mary is the mother of God. Mary was an honorable, obedient woman, a servant of God. Not sinless, not the co-redemptrix, not the intercessor. Those titles belong to Jesus Christ alone.
I saw Fr Groeschel talking about this on EWTN. He saud he had been speaking to a group of protestants at a retreat. He asked them if they believed Mary was the mother of God. All of the theologians nodded yes while the rank and file folks all shook their heads no.
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Mary is “theotokos”, meaning “God-bearer”. Protestants accept this concept as it is firmly rooted in the teachings of the Apostles. Translating “theotokos” as “Mother of God” is common, but not entirely correct since God does not have a mother.
Mary is the mother of Christ in regards to His human nature. She is not the mother of Christ in regards to His divine nature. Christ, in His divine nature, is eternally begotten of the Father, and through Him all things were made. He existed before Mary.
The term “theotokos” was used by the Faithful to refute those heretics who claimed that Jesus was entirely human and later, at His baptism, recieved divine powers from God. “Theotokos” was not used, and should not be used, to exalt Mary.
“.That makes Mary the Mother of God. Do Protestants deny this? ...”
None that I know!!