IS GOD A MOTHER? REFUTING THE 'GOD THE MOTHER HERESY'

 Artistic representation of God the Father with the Holy Spirit

 

Anonymous said... 

 

the images of GOD is His Being a FATHER, SON and you can read in the Cathechism of the Catholic, page 72 which states: "God's parental tenderness can also be expressed by the image of Motherhood,..", meaning God is also a MOTHER. The cathechism features "parental tenderness" of God, meaning God is also a PARENT. That's a reflection much closer to what God had said: "Let Us make man in Our image and likeness, God made MALE and FEMALE. 

October 19, 2011 5:47 PM

Fr. Abe, CRS said... 

 

[the images of GOD is His Being a FATHER, SON and you can read in the Cathechism of the Catholic, page 72 which states: "God's parental tenderness can also be expressed by the image of Motherhood,..", meaning God is also a MOTHER.]

WRONG. THE CATECHISM IS CLEAR AND PRECISE "GOD'S PARENTAL TENDERNESS CAN ALSO BE EXPRESSED BY THE IMAGE OF MOTHERHOOD". IT IS MERE EXPRESSION AND IMAGE BUT GOD IS NOT A MOTHER.

THE LORD JESUS FULLY AND DEFINITELY REVEALED GOD TO US:

John 1:18 [RSV] "No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known."

SO, WE KNOW GOD THROUGH HIS SON JESUS WHO MADE GOD KNOWN TO US. AND JESUS REVEALED GOD TO US NOT AS MOTHER BUT AS FATHER. EVEN THAT TEXT OF JOHN 1:18 ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE IS CLEAR AND CATEGORICAL IN USING THE WORD "SON" AND "FATHER" FOR GOD AND HIS ETERNAL WORD. THE LORD JESUS DIDN'T CALL GOD 'MOTHER'. NEVER EVER. INSTEAD THIS IS WHAT HE TAUGHT US:

Mt 6:9 Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Mt 6:1 Take heed that you do not your justice before men, to be seen by them: otherwise you shall not have a reward of your Father who is in heaven.

Mt 28:19 Going therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.

Mk 11:25 And when you shall stand to pray, forgive, if you have aught against any man: that your Father also, who is in heaven, may forgive you your sins.

Mk 14:36 And he saith: Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee: remove this chalice from me; but not what I will, but what thou wilt.

Lk 2:49 And he said to them: How is it that you sought me? Did you not know that I must be about my father's business?

Lk 6:36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

Lk 9:26 For he that shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him the Son of man shall be ashamed, when he shall come in his majesty and that of his Father and of the holy angels.

Lk 12:30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek. But your Father knoweth that you have need of these things.

THE FULLNESS OF REVELATION IS CLEAR GOD IS FATHER BUT NEVER CALLED A MOTHER. HIS LOVE IS LIKENED TO THE LOVE OF THE MOTHER, YES. SOMETIMES IT IS LIKENED TO THE LOVE OF THE HUMAN MOTHER, SOMETIMES TO THE EAGLER MOTHER OR MOTHER HEN. BUT OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE MERE FIGURATIVE SPEECH WHILE THE PERSON OF THE ALMIGHTY IS CLEARLY, DIRECTLY, SPECIFICIALLY AND CATEGORICALLY CALLED "ABBA" [FATHER] BUT NOT 'MOTHER'. 

[The cathechism features "parental tenderness" of God, meaning God is also a PARENT.]

THE TERM GOD IS PARENT IS MERE ANALOGICAL. THE HUMAN EERM PARENT REFERS TO TWO HUMAN PERSONS CHOSEN BY GOD AS ESSENTIAL INSTRUMENTS IN GIVING US LIFE, NAMELY THE MAN AND WOMAN WHO BEGOT AND CONCEIVED US. BUT, GOD IS ONE BEING WHO HAS NO SEXUAL IDENTIFICATION BECAUSE HE IS PURE SPIRIT. THEREFORE, HE CANNOT BE MAN AND WOMAN AT THE SAME TIME UNDER THE SAME RESPECT. THAT IS ILLOGICAL AND THAT IS A CONTRADICTION.

TO APPLY THE TERM PARENT TO GOD AS A COMPARISON, i.e., ANALOGICALLY AND FIGURATIVELY IT IS ACCEPTABLE BECAUSE HE IS THE SOURCE AND ORIGIN OF OUR LIFE. BUT IT IS ILLOGICAL AND STUPID TO CLAIM THAT HE IS BOTH FATHER AND MOTHER.

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TEACHES THAT GOD IS FATHER BECAUSE THAT IS THE OFFICIAL, DEFINITE AND FINAL DESCRIPTION GIVEN BY THE INCARNATE WORD:

Lk 10:22 All things are delivered to me by my Father. And no one knoweth who the Son is, but the Father: and who the Father is, but the Son and to whom the Son will reveal him.

WE ARE NOT CRAZY TO PRETEND TO BE MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE ON DIVINE MATTERS THAN THE INCARNATE GOD WHO TOLD US THAT THE ALMIGHTY IS 'THE FATHER' AND HE IS 'THE SON'. DON'T TELL ME THAT JESUS IS 'THE DAUGHTER' ALSO. HE HE HE...

YOUR CLAIM THAT GOD IS MOTHER IS NICE BUT SORRY TO TELL YOU SUCH A CLAIM LACKS AUTHORITY AND MERE HOT AIR BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT 'GOD', YOU ARE NOT OF THE SAME BEING WITH GOD AND YOU ARE NOT FROM ABOVE. YOU ARE LIKE US A MERE HUMAN BEING WITH NO CREDEBILITY TO SPEAK TO US OF WHO OR WHAT GOD IS.

[That's a reflection much closer to what God had said: "Let Us make man in Our image and likeness, God made MALE and FEMALE.]

HA HA HA... YOUR INTERPRETATION IS OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY AND THEREFORE YOUR TEACHING DOES NOT HAVE FOUNDATION IN REALITY AS WELL.

GOD SAID: "LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE AND LIKENESS, GOD MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE" [Gen 1:26-27] GOD MADE THE HUMAN PERSON MALE AND FEMALE BUT IT IS NOWHERE STATED THERE THAT GOD IS MALE AND FEMALE. NO, NO, NO... NADA, NUNCA, NEVER... IN RUSSIAN: "NYET, NYET." HA HA HA.

THE LIKENESS OF GOD IN MAN IS IN HIS OR HER 'SPIRITUAL SOUL' NOT IN BODILY COMPOSITION. MALE AND FEMALE ARE DISTINCT BECAUSE OF THEIR MALE AND FEMALE GENITALIA. GOD IS A SPIRIT [Jn 4:24]. HE DOESN'T HAVE A PENIS AND VAGINA. AND WHEN HIS ETERNAL WORD INCARNATED HE MANIFESTED HIMSELF AS 'MALE' - THE SON JESUS. DEFINITELY JESUS IS 'MALE ONLY'. AND THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT FEMALE BECAUSE HE IS 'SPIRIT'. HE HE HE... NO MATTER WHAT YOUR TEACHING IS HERETICAL. 

YOU CAN WORSHIP YOUR MOTHER IF YOU WANT BUT WE WILL WORSHIP ONLY 'OUR FATHER'. OUR GOD IS 'THE FATHER'.

November 5, 2011 9:17 AM