BipolarBob wrote:
but does your Church not refer to Mary as "Mother of God" or Queen of Heaven"?
Yes, She (the Church) does.
1) Mary is the mother of Jesus. Jesus is God. Therefore, Mary is the mother of God. Sinple, yes? No, we don't say (nor do we need to say) that Mary was the mother of Jesus' Divinity... but unless you (personally) deny that Jesus was fully God AND fully Man, then you really do need to admit that Mary is the mother of God.
2) To better understand the "Queen of Heaven" title, check out 1 Kings 2:11-25, and also check out this
blog piece; the blog article isn't academically rigourous, but it's very sweet... and it's written by a former evangelical Protestant who once had difficulty with the "Mother of God" idea.