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To: ebb tide

“What part of that do you not understand. Was John lying? Was Mary not Jesus’ Mother? Or is the Bible in error? Or is Jesus not God?”

Mary was his earthly mother.

That doesn’t not mean she created God.

She bore God. She didn’t create God through conception. Jesus existed as God from all eternity.

The verse you quote does not give Mary the title Mother of God. That is a human addition to what God said.

Best.


38 posted on 08/17/2015 7:13:43 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ( "Forward lies the crown, and onward is the goal.")
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Nobody ever said, “Mary created God”.

That’s quite a stretch. As a matter of fact, your mother did not even create you.

Pax


44 posted on 08/17/2015 7:25:27 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
>>> Mary was his earthly mother. That doesn’t not mean she created God. She bore God. She didn’t create God through conception. Jesus existed as God from all eternity. <<<

The title "Mother of God" doesn't state that "she created God". It merely affirms that she bore God. Otherwise, every stepmom and surrogate mother on this planet could claim they "created" their child.

Angelina Jolie is the mother of Maddox Chivan. However, she certainly didn't create Maddox Chivan. In fact, it would be impossible, since he's Cambodian and she's not

118 posted on 08/18/2015 12:04:48 AM PDT by BillyBoy (Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

“Mary was his earthly mother. That doesn’t not mean she created God.”

I don’t understand how anti-Catholics can just make up straw men like that. Who here IS CLAIMING that Mary created God?

“She bore God.”

Exactly. So she is the mother of God. Women who bear children are called their mothers.

“She didn’t create God through conception.”

Again, who here IS CLAIMING that she created God?

“Jesus existed as God from all eternity.”

Well, technically, the Second Person of the Trinity existed from all eternity. Jesus (the God-man) did not exist until He was conceived in Mary’s womb.

“The verse you quote does not give Mary the title Mother of God. That is a human addition to what God said.”

But when Elizabeth calls Mary the mother of her Lord it means exactly the same thing as mother of God. There was only one Lord.


131 posted on 08/18/2015 5:29:11 AM PDT by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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