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To: rwa265
The argument that *Mary is the mother of Jesus and Jesus is God therefore Mary is the mother of God*, leads to the following conclusions using the same (for lack of a better term) *logic*:

If Mary is the mother of God and God is the Trinity, then Mary is the mother of the Trinity.

That puts Mary above the Godhead, makes Mary deity, makes her the mother of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, making them created, finite beings with beginning.

It totally messes up all kinds of theology.

Is Mary the mother of the Father?

Is Mary the mother of the Holy Spirit?

Is Mary the mother of the DEITY of the second person of the Trinity, the mother of the GODHOOD of Jesus?

Is not, Mary is NOT 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.

26 posted on 04/10/2015 8:03:09 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom

The argument that *Mary is the mother of Jesus and Jesus is God therefore Mary is the mother of God*, leads to the following conclusions using the same (for lack of a better term) *logic*:
If Mary is the mother of God and God is the Trinity, then Mary is the mother of the Trinity.


Your logic is incomplete. Mary is the mother of Jesus and Jesus is God in the Second Person of the Trinity. As the Second Person of the Trinity, Jesus is God, whole and entire. This is His divine nature. As the child conceived of and born from Mary, Jesus is a human being. This is His human nature. Jesus is true God and true man. As the mother of the person Jesus, Mary is His mother in His divinity and in His humanity. Therefore, Mary is the mother of God.

If Mary is the mother of God and God is the Trinity, it does not follow that Mary is the mother of all three persons of the Trinity. As explained above, and as revealed by the Holy Spirit, Mary became the mother of the Second Person of the Trinity. As the angel Gabriel foretold, “The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.” The Holy Ghost and the Highest were not born of Mary, just the Son.

As you noted, the Holy Spirit called Mary the mother of Jesus. But He also called her “his mother” and made many references to how she conceived of and gave birth to a divine person and that this divine person was her Son. I will not repeat all these references here, but I will ask again:

Can you explain to me how Jesus can be separated from God with regard to His mother?


32 posted on 04/10/2015 10:45:45 AM PDT by rwa265
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