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To: metmom

That’s curious. You’ll notice nobody’s in error about the meaning of the term “Mother of God” except certain 16th century polemicists who, whether misled or misleading, misconstrued the term -— and their intellectual progeny.


130 posted on 06/26/2015 3:55:39 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Stop disputing about words. It serves no useful purpose since it harms those who listen. 2 Tim 2:1)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

If the term * mother of God*. were superior to and preferable to, the term *mother of Jesus*. to prevent error in the understanding of the nature of Jesus, then pray tell, why did the Holy Spirit inspire the writers of the NT to say *mother of Jesus*?

Does the church really think it can improve on the work of the Holy Spirit?


131 posted on 06/26/2015 4:02:39 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

* Mother of God*says a whole different thing than *mother of Jesus* and it’s simply a matter of the clear, basic meanigns of the words, having nothing done with nefarious motives.

The only misunderstanding that occurs is when the Church demands that people by default intuitively understand that God means Jesus in this one particular, specific instance but not any other, that God means God, the Trinity as opposed to specifically the incarnation of the second person of the Trinity.


132 posted on 06/26/2015 4:06:43 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
You’ll notice nobody’s in error about the meaning of the term “Mother of God” except that it is NOWHERE found in Scripture.
164 posted on 06/27/2015 5:17:41 AM PDT by Elsie ( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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