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→Defending the divinity of Christ: additional scriptural supports re the divinity of Jesus - also made separate subheading "Scriptural support for the doctrine that Mary is the Mother of God
This truth contradicts the erroneous interpretation of some who point to Philippians 2:7, "''he emptied himself''", as proof that Jesus had divested himself entirely of his divine nature from the moment of his incarnation, throughout the whole of his earthly ministry, until his resurrection from the dead. In contradiction to this, mainstream Christian doctrine declares that there was never a moment that Jesus of Nazareth was not God. The reasoning of the Council of Ephesus, promoted by [[Saint Augustine]], is that mothers are mothers of more than bodies, and are mothers of the persons conceived and born from their wombs, and nurtured and raised by them as their own children, and that Mary was authentically and really Jesus' mother, both by a divine miracle of supernatural grace and by nature. If Mary is not the mother of God, then Jesus was not God. He was God when he became man "and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us" (John 1:14). If Jesus is eternally God both before and from the moment of his incarnation, then Mary who carried him in her womb is his mother, and she is truly and actually the Mother of Jesus incarnate who is God and man. Both Orthodoxy and Catholicism see this as the highest and most unique privilege God ever bestowed on any human creature, and for this reason she was able to declare, "''behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed''". And for this same reason, Catholics call her "The Blessed Virgin Mary".
This truth contradicts the erroneous interpretation of some who point to Philippians 2:7, "''he emptied himself''", as proof that Jesus had divested himself entirely of his divine nature from the moment of his incarnation, throughout the whole of his earthly ministry, until his resurrection from the dead. In contradiction to this, mainstream Christian doctrine declares that there was never a moment that Jesus of Nazareth was not God. The reasoning of the Council of Ephesus, promoted by [[Saint Augustine]], is that mothers are mothers of more than bodies, and are mothers of the persons conceived and born from their wombs, and nurtured and raised by them as their own children, and that Mary was authentically and really Jesus' mother, both by a divine miracle of supernatural grace and by nature. If Mary is not the mother of God, then Jesus was not God. He was God when he became man "and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us" (John 1:14). If Jesus is eternally God both before and from the moment of his incarnation, then Mary who carried him in her womb is his mother, and she is truly and actually the Mother of Jesus incarnate who is God and man. Both Orthodoxy and Catholicism see this as the highest and most unique privilege God ever bestowed on any human creature, and for this reason she was able to declare, "''behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed''". And for this same reason, Catholics call her "The Blessed Virgin Mary".
Several passages of scripture state plainly that Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ.
==Scriptural support for the doctrine that Mary is the Mother of God==
Several passages of scripture state plainly that Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ the incarnate Son of God.
*Matthew 1:18 "as his mother Mary was espoused to"
*Matthew 1:18 "as his mother Mary was espoused to"
*Matthew 2:11 "the young child with Mary his mother"
*Matthew 2:11 "the young child with Mary his mother"
*Acts 1:14 "and Mary the mother of Jesus"
*Acts 1:14 "and Mary the mother of Jesus"
*''See also Revelation 12:1-5''.
*''See also Revelation 12:1-5''.
The following verses demonstrate that Jesus Christ the Son of Mary was and still is the incarnation of God:
*Matthew 1:22 "Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel (which means, God with us)."
*John 1:1 and 14 and 18 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ... And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father. ... No one has seen God; the only Son<ref>"Son"—some ancient authorities read "''God''"—"the only God, who is in the bosom of the Father"</ref>, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known."
*John 5:17-18 "But Jesus answered them, 'My Father is working still, and I am working.' This was why the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath but also called God his Father, making himself equal with God."
*John 8:58 "Before Abraham was, I AM."
*John 10:30 and 33 " 'I and the Father are one.' " ... "The Jews answered him, 'We stone you for no good work but for blasphemy; because you, being a man, make yourself God.' "
*John 14:9-11 "Jesus said to him, 'Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say, "Show us the Father"? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me, or else believe me for the sake of the works themselves.' "
*John 16:15a "All that the Father has is mine..."
*John 20:28-29 "Thomas answered him, 'My Lord and my God!' Jesus said to him, 'Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe.' "
*Colossians 1:15a "He is the image of the invisible God..."
*Colossians 1:19 "For in him all the fullness of god was pleased to dwell"
*Colossians 2:9 "For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily"
*Hebrews 1:3 "He reflects the glory of God and bears the very stamp of his nature, upholding the universe by his word of power. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high".
==See also==
==See also==