God created Mary; she could not possibly be His mother.
- God created all of us; He could not possibly become one of us. (But He did.)
God is infinite; Mary is not.
- That’s a given. It was only when the Word became flesh that Mary gave birth to the Son of God.
(The Bible warns us about worshiping the creature instead of the Creator.)
- John Calvin also warned us about this. That’s why he felt that it was not appropriate to call Mary the mother of God. Even so, he recognized the reality of Mary’s maternal relationship to the Second Person of the Trinity.
He used Mary as a vessel/tool to introduce His Son to earth. In that role, she was Jesus’ earthly mother.
- This is why I have trouble understanding how it can be said that Mary is not the mother of God. It was the will of the Father that she conceive of and give birth to His only begotten Son. In that sense, and only in that sense, Mary became the mother of God in the person of Jesus Christ.
In Luke, Mary called God her “Savior”. If she were God’s mother, she would be perfect - God-like. If so, she would not need a “Savior”.
- She conceived of and gave birth to Jesus, who is God. If she can bring Him into the world without being perfect, why can’t she also be His mother?
Going back to the post to which you first responded, do you believe that Jesus, the son of Mary, is God? If so, how can Mary not be the mother of God if Jesus is God? Would that not be denying His divinity?
“- God created all of us; He could not possibly become one of us.” I am astonished that you would even try to make that syllogism. It truly displays the mental twist that catholiciism creates in catholic minds.
Look up the definition of Mother in the dictionary. write it down. Look up the definition of GOD in the dictionary. Write it down. In your mind, is Mary in the same class as GOD, in the same genera?
The duplicitous thinking of catholics never ceases to amaze me! And from well educated people!
And one last thing for you to ponder: the Bible tells us that Jesus could not sin because HIS SEED REMAINED WITHIN HIM. Do you imagine that any of Mary's genes were in the Chromosomes of Jesus? Answer that one and you may, just may, see why your continued drumming of this broken syllogism is ridiculous.
Which came first, GOD or Mary? Can the one who comes second give rise the one Who gave rise to the second?