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To: Arthur McGowan
No one has ever believed that "mother of God" means that Mary existed before the eternal Word, the Second Person of the Trinity. Thus, your constant, obsessive railing against that stupid belief, that NO ONE has ever believed, is absurd.

And you can prove that assertion just how?

Or are we to take your say so?

753 posted on 01/05/2016 1:36:06 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom
And you can prove that assertion just how? Or are we to take your say so?

The dogmatic teachings of Church Councils? The early Christians? The Church Fathers?

The Greek term Theo-tokos means "God-bearer" or Mother of God. It is still the most popular title given to Our Lady in the Eastern Christian Churches. It was affirmed in early Church Councils precisely because it confirmed the Christian claim about who Jesus Christ is and protected the meaning and implications of His Incarnation. The Catechism of the Catholic Church puts it simply," What the Catholic faith believes about Mary is based on what it believes about Christ, and what it teaches about Mary illumines in turn its faith in Christ"

758 posted on 01/05/2016 1:44:28 PM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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