Mary, Mother of God, The Greatest of all Her Titles

http://www.catholicchristiananswers.com ^ | August 12, 2015 | Jessie Neace

[Elsie]

One might call it the Baalam effect.

I am the one on FR that plays the part of Balaam's ride...

[Elsie]

Rahab; the HARLOT; seems to get overlooked in the lineage of Jesus.

I wonder why?

[Elsie]

Hey there Personages #1 & #2!

Which one of you is the son?

[Elsie]

We do not have those dogmas, though I don’t know any Orthodox Christians who do not believe in the bodily assumption of the Theotokos.

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Must have gotten started somewhere before the SPLIT.

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[Elsie]

Still above ground!

Just the slings and arrows that come to us all; eventually.

[Elsie]

Too many syllables for a haiku. try again.

A poor translation...

...obviously.

[metmom]

The problem I believe we have as Protestants is that despite what Catholics say, in practice they treat Mary as God in many respects.

For all practical purposes, that's about what it amounts to, no matter how they redefine words and explain away actions.

[Elsie]

Why do you Prots have so many different bibles, by the way?

Uh; because we are a bit; shall we say; averse to having a Central Authority TELL us what the Word means?

[Elsie]

Go on out to sea.

[Elsie]

There’s MORE?

Or LESS??

Do you want to ADD to, or SUBTRACT from, the list???

[Elsie]

Why do you Prots have so many different bibles, by the way?

The innumerable Hail Mary's weren't working for us.

[Elsie]

I was just thinking the other day in response to some articles on this subject that the Catholic charge against Bible-believing Protestants makes no sense.

Sure it does!

It distracts away from the FACT that the phrase is NOT found in the bible and makes a Prot go on DEFENSE.

[Elsie]

I overlooked your capitializations and bolding which were your enhancements not found in the translation.

HMMMmmm...

Do you Catholics use any verses and chapters?

I wonder where THESE are found in the ancient texts.

[Elsie]

Looks like you deviated from the approved catholic bible also!

Which one is that?

I have a Catholic TEEN bible on my desk.

I'll have to check it out.

[Elsie]

Mary is not dead, first of all, because NOBODY is dead.

The logic shown by your statement is something I cannot defeat.

[metmom]

There’s a difference between saying *mother of God* and *mother of God with us*, IOW, mother of Jesus, just as the Holy Spirit inspired the writers of Scripture to say.

*Mother of God* means that the Godhead has a mother.

*Mother of Jesus* says that the Incarnation of God, Jesus, has a mother.

*Mother of God* says that deity has a mother, a beginning.

*Mother of Jesus* says that His human body has a beginning.

*Mother of God* leads to all kinds of theological error about the nature of God and the nature of Mary, as we have seen the fruition of in Catholicism where she is effectively treated as Godhead.

She’s given names of God. She’s given attributes of God. She’s given characteristics of God. She’s given power of God. She’s prayed to, bowed down to, and had plenty of people dedicate their lives to her.

And not a single bit of it justified or supported by Scripture.

[Elsie]

At least no letters were added!

Just rearranged...

[metmom]

God never calls Mary the mother of God.

I'll stick with agreeing with the Holy Spirit in what He inspired in Scripture: *Mary, the mother of Jesus*.

That way, I KNOW I can't be wrong.

The Holy Spirit is clear in Scripture in calling Mary *the mother of Jesus*.

John 2:1 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.

John 2:3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.”

Acts 1:14 All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

[metmom]

I find it ironic that you, of all people, should have a complaint about how someone posts Scripture.

[metmom]

False; you added to the scripture by substituting the word "ye" for "he" and thus making it nonsense. I overlooked your capitializations and bolding which were your enhancements not found in the translation.

I'm going to remember that for future use for anyone who strings together passages of Scripture making them imply something Scripture never says.