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To: CynicalBear

>> SHE IS THE MOTHER OF GOD<<

“Could you please show FROM SCRIPTURE that she is the “mother of God”? She carried God but she was the mother of His earthly form. Mary is no more “mother of God” than God is a descendant of David. Please show chapter and verse to show that Mary was the mother of God.”

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Accepting “Bible Alone” and this heresy is no where in Scripture.

I accept Jesus is a human person and He is God my Lord.

I think Protestants accept Jesus has two natures, He is
fully man and fully God. One can’t divide up Jesus Christ
incarnate. Elisabeth touched by God the Holy Spirit
exclaimed on seeing Mary her cousin:

“And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?”

Luke 1:43


759 posted on 05/29/2012 5:08:30 PM PDT by stpio
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To: stpio; metmom
Luke 1:43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

The word that is used in the original Greek here is kyrios, which is not the same as the Greek word for God, which is theos.

Kyros simply means "having power or authority", which in and of itself is not indicative of deity. Theos, on the other hand, literally means a deity.

As Luke used both of these words when describing the conversation between Elisabeth and Mary. Notice the difference in Luke 1:38 where the Greek word Theos is used illustrating the difference. Luke would have used Theos in Elizabeth’s statement but didn’t which indicates a distinct difference in meaning. If Luke intended to convey the meaning that Mary was the mother of God he would have used Theos but didn’t. Luke made a very distinct difference in word usage as did Elizabeth for a reason.

That's a pretty large indication that Mary was not the Mother of God, as she was not a deity, but rather was the Mother of our Lord after the physical meaning of the word.

In short, she was mortal just as we are mortal and thereby subject to sin just as we are subject to sin.

This does nothing to diminish Christ's deity. It simply reinforces the point of His nature as being fully human and yet also fully God.

The RCC is duping it’s followers into following pagan practices rather than scripture.

765 posted on 05/29/2012 6:27:27 PM PDT by CynicalBear
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