[pgyanke]

No it doesn't because if someone had never heard of Jesus, they would not know that *mother of God* meant *mother of Jesus*.

My word! What are we to do for the person who only hears of the "Trinity" but doesn't know Jesus? Will he assume we worship three-sided geometric shapes?! We must change our religious terminology to appeal to the ignorant before it does more harm!

There is simply no way for anyone to deduce that from the term unless they had been indoctrinated by Catholicism.

There is much in Christianity that must be explained (just ask the Ethiopian). That is why we are here... to explain it and carry on Jesus's mission to call all peoples to Himself.

[Salvation]

I guess some people don’t have the story of finding the child Jesus in the temple. With his mother and father searching for him for three days. Mary and Joseph are indeed mentioned.

And how about the Wedding at Cana, where the Mother of Jesus intercedes for the couple who is out of wine. We know his mother is there too from the first line of the story.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+2%3A1-11&version=ESV

[metmom]

We must change our religious terminology to appeal to the ignorant before it does more harm!

Again?

Oh, I get it. It's not the Catholic church changing its teachings. They're just evolving or being refined.

Gotcha......