metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
One of the catch phrases that one hears if one attends a Catholic Church is "Mother of God", as pertaining to Mary, Jesus' mother.
Quite a few years ago I was talking with a colleague who was and is Baptist and who is actually pretty theologically astute, and in conversation I mentioned the Catholic's belief in Mary being the "Mother of God", and he was taken aback by that. Knowing that he believed in the "trinitarian concept", I found it sort of humorous that this seemed to floor him, and he had no response back.
So, for especially those whom are trinitarians, does this terminology set well with you?
Quite a few years ago I was talking with a colleague who was and is Baptist and who is actually pretty theologically astute, and in conversation I mentioned the Catholic's belief in Mary being the "Mother of God", and he was taken aback by that. Knowing that he believed in the "trinitarian concept", I found it sort of humorous that this seemed to floor him, and he had no response back.
So, for especially those whom are trinitarians, does this terminology set well with you?