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See:Do Roman Catholics vest any additional meaning in the term Mother of God though?
Thanks, interesting article on how we can regard Mary either too highly, or not enough.
Not necessary! I know few have access to the new Rotelle translations of Augustine, which made that one familiar.Please forgive me...
Not necessary! I know few have access to the new Rotelle translations of Augustine, which made that one familiar.
I agree with another person here that the term Θεοτόκος means "God-bearer," and was originally used with the intention to affirm the deity of Christ, not to elevate Mary. The early church fathers who rejected the term were attempting to deny that Christ became God (or that his deity originated) in Mary's conception and his birth, per Augustine and others.
While Θεοτόκος is a perfectly acceptable term, so also (in my humble opinion) is the term Χριστὸκος, for Mary did indeed give birth to the God-man (Christ), which puts me at risk of being charged with Nestorianism. Romanists love to toss around that charge.
I don't care how historic the title of the post is--- to any believer it should be offensive to say or read in any language that God has a mother. Why should we restrict our words to the four used by the Catholics?
It all depends on what is intended in that term used, as Mary did bear and bring forth the Son of God, but she was not the Mother, as in the source of God.I don't care how historic the title of the post is--- to any believer it should be offensive to say or read in any language that God has a mother. Why should we restrict our words to the four used by the Catholics?