Mother of God

The title Mother of God, which is so profoundly linked to the Christmas celebrations, is for this reason the fundamental appellation with which the community of believers has, we might say, always honored the Holy Virgin.

Archive 2008-01-01 papabear 2008

But we never say that the holy Virgin is the Mother of Christ [2073] because it was in order to do away with the title Mother of God, and to bring dishonour on the Mother of God, who alone is in truth worthy of honour above all creation, that the impure and abominable Judaizing

NPNF2-09. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus 1898

Here is a capsule history of what the church has said about Mary, and what visionaries have reported: Roman Catholic Church dogma Apparitions recognized by the church Apparitions not recognized by the churchMother of God, 451: At the third Ecumenical Council, in Ephesus (now Turkey), Mary's title Mother of God was made official and incorporated into prayers.

Hail, Mary 2008

If I think of a Bible passage, it's more likely to be Luke 1, where the unborn John the Baptist prophesizes prompting St. Elizabeth to acknowledging Mary to be the Mother of God, that is the unborn baby Jesus.

Extremist Pro-Aborts Suzanne 2009

We rejoice that the Mother of God is our Mother, too.

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Argent 2006

Over there the sovereign guesses officially that devotion to the Mother of God is a superstitious practice.

Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals

_On the contrary, _ The Mother of God is a mere creature.

Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas

Virgin is called the Mother of God, not as though she were the Mother of the Godhead, but because she is the mother, according to His human nature, of the Person who has both the divine and the human nature.

Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas

When the Fathers and writers of the Church meditated on the fact that the most Blessed Virgin was, in the name and by order of God himself, proclaimed full of grace by the Angel Gabriel when he announced her most sublime dignity of Mother of God, they thought that this singular and solemn salutation, never heard before, showed that the Mother of God is the seat of all divine graces and is adorned with all gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Archive 2007-12-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2007

When the Fathers and writers of the Church meditated on the fact that the most Blessed Virgin was, in the name and by order of God himself, proclaimed full of grace by the Angel Gabriel when he announced her most sublime dignity of Mother of God, they thought that this singular and solemn salutation, never heard before, showed that the Mother of God is the seat of all divine graces and is adorned with all gifts of the Holy Spirit.

"I am the Immaculate Conception" Fr Timothy Matkin 2007