Q82 Isn’t it improper to call Mary the “Mother” of God?

No. Anyone who calls Mary the Mother of God thereby professes that her Son is God [495, 509]

As early Christianity was debating who Jesus was, the title Theotokos (“god-bearer”) became the hallmark for the orthodox interpretation of Sacred Scripture: Mary did not give birth merely to a man who then after his birth “became” God; rather, even in her womb her child is the true Son of God. This debate is not about Mary in the first place; rather, it is again the question of whether Jesus is true man and true God at the same time.

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