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The Gospels refer to the brothers of Jesus as James, Joses, Simon and Judas, and that he had sisters. So, Mary the mother of John would not be the mother of Jesus. John Mark, whose mother was Mary, was not related to Jesus. The only reference to a similar relationship is when Jesus supposedly left His mother Mary in the care of John the disciple.
//If by John, you mean John the Baptist, then his mother's name was Elizabeth, she was related to Mary, making JTB and Jesus cousins.//
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∙ 7y agoAccording to Christian theology, yes Mary is the mother of the second person of the Triune God; the Christ (Messiah in Hebrew) named Jesus and referred to as God the Son, he is also the only person of the Triune God that is also a man (only made possible by his birth via Mary). The other two persons of the Triune God are: God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. All three persons of the Triune God are one and have coexisted for all eternity and all three participated in the creation at the beginning of time. None of the three persons of the Triune God are created beings.
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∙ 7y agoYes, indeed, the title Theotokos (in the Greek) - Mother of God was proclaimed by the Church in A.D. 431 at the Council of Ephesus:
from A Biblical Defense of Catholicism, by Dave Armstrong, Sophia Institute Press, © 2003
Mary the “Mother of God” (Theotokos) The official, dogmatic proclamation of this dogma was made at the Ecumenical Council of Ephesus in 431, in response to the heresy of Nestorianism.
Scripture implicitly affirms Mary’s Divine motherhood by attesting, on the one hand, the true Divinity of Christ, and on the other hand, Mary’s true motherhood. Thus Mary is called: “Mother of Jesus” (John 2:1) ... “Mother of the Lord” (Luke 1:43). Mary’s true motherhood is clearly foretold by the Prophet Isaiah: “Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel” (Isaiah 7:14) . . . . the woman who bore the Son of God is Progenitress of God, or the Mother of God [ see also Matt. 1:18, 12:46, 13:55; Luke 1:31, 35; Gal 4:4]. (Ott, Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma, 196-197)
The doctrine of Mary as Theotokos flows consistently and straightforwardly from the doctrine of the Holy Trinity and the Incarnation of the Second Person of the Trinity, the Son, Jesus. Cardinal Gibbons explains:
We affirm that the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, the Word of God, who in His divine nature is from all eternity begotten of the Father, consubstantial with Him, was in the fullness of time, begotten, by being born of the Virgin, thus taking to Himself, from her maternal womb, a human nature of the same substance with hers.
But it may be said the Blessed Virgin is not the Mother of the Divinity. She had not, and she could no have, any part in the generation of the Word of God, for that generation is eternal; her maternity is temporal. He is her Creator; she is His creature. Style her, if you will, the Mother of the man Jesus or even of the human nature of the Son of God but not the Mother of God.
I shall answer this objection by putting a question. Did the mother who bore us have any part in the production of our soul? Was not this nobler part of our being the work of God alone? And yet who would for a moment dream of saying “the mother of my body,” and not “my mother”? . . . (Gibbons, The Faith of Our Fathers, 137-138)
In like manner . . . the Blessed virgin, under the overshadowing of the Holy Ghost, by communicating to the Second Person of the Adorable Trinity, as mothers do, a true human nature of the same substance with her own, is there really and truly His Mother.
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∙ 15y agoNo. The trinity consists of the Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit.
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∙ 13y agoWhat do you want to know about the Blessed Virgin as you need to be more specific.
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Did Saint Bernedette look into the eyes of the Mother of God or the Mother of Jesus?
Both. Mary is the Mother Of God and the Mother of Jesus because Jesus is God. That is the mystery of the Trinity.
Who is Mary Mother of God for Jesus?
Mary Is Often Referred to as the "Mother of God" Because She Is the Mother of Jesus. in Christianity, the Holy Trinity Is Jesus, God, and the Holy Ghost (Or Spirit). Therefore, Because Mary Is the Mother of Jesus, She Is Therefore Also the Mother of God, Hence the Common Phrase.
Why do Catholics say Mary was the Mother of God when Mary was mother of Jesus?
Because Jesus is God, too. That's the Holy Trinity. God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit all in one being.
Why does the Hail Mary proclaim Mary to be God's mother?
This is related to the Catholic belief that Jesus is God.
How was Mary the Mother of God as a child?
She was not. She became the mother of God (specifically, the mother of the Son, the second person of the Trinity) at the Annunciation, nine months before the birth of Jesus Christ.
Who is the mother of a father?
The mother of a father is a mother or a grandmother. In the Bible, the mother of a father was Eve. She was actually the mother of the entire human race. Mary was also the mother of Jesus who later became a part of the Holy Trinity in the Catholic faith.
When was Trinity Mother Frances Health System created?
Trinity Mother Frances Health System was created in 1937.
Is Mary a god?
No, Mary is not a god nor has she ever been viewed as a god by Christians or the Christian church. The concept that Mary was a god can be traced back to an error within the Qur'an. Muhammad falsely believed that the Christian Trinity consisted of God the Father, Jesus the Son and Mary the Mother. However, this is not what the Trinity ever was. It was merely Muhammad's (and others) lack of knowledge and misunderstanding surfacing when constructing the Qur'an. See Sura 5:116, ""O Jesus, son of Mary, did you say to mankind:'Worship me and my mother as two deitiesapart from God?'" mary was a usefull vessel for jesus to be born into this world she is a bless mother but human like us all.
What are the differences between Mother Mary and Mary Mackillop?
Mother Mary is a central figure in Christianity as the mother of Jesus Christ, while Mary Mackillop was an Australian nun who founded the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart. Mother Mary is a figure of veneration in Catholicism, while Mary Mackillop is recognized as a saint in the Catholic Church for her work in education and social welfare in Australia.
How many Mary's are in the Bible?
(a) Mary, the mother of Jesus; (b) Mary Magdalene; (c) Mary, the mother of James; (d) Mary, the mother of Joses; (e) Mary, the wife of Clopas; (f) Mary of Bethany; (g) Mary, the mother of Mark; (h) Mary of Rome; (i) the "other" Mary.
Who crowned Mary mother of God?
? What no one crowned her at all Mary lived a humble life and watched her son die on the cross.. hardly a crown maybe of thorns.AnswerMary was declared to be The Theotokos (God-bearer) by the Third Ecumenical Council at Ephesus in 431 AD. She is also known as the Mother of God because she is the mother of Jesus who is God the Word. Actually we are using King and Queen in the lanquage of someone born in the age the Book of New Testament was written. Mary Mother of God, is because of the holy Trinity. We pray the rosary with respect of Mary Mother of god, because we know Mary is Jesus mother and we know she listens and deliver our message to God.
What is Mary a symbol of?
Mother Mary is the Mother of Jesus Christ - the spiritual vessel of the Holy Trinity. God chose her to give birth to his Son, so that the Son of God may come down to earth as the Son of Man. She was without sin and was very obidient to God's wish. So along with Jesus, Roman Catholics worship Mary as their Mother and the Mother of mankind. So you might find statues of Mama Mary in Churches. ================= Roman Catholics do not WORSHIP Mary. She is revered in the way that the Jews revered the Tabernacle. She an example of simple obedience to God.
