The expression “Mother of God” is a shorthand for Mary, Mother of God-the-Son (Or Mother of God-incarnate). It’s not meant to imply that Mary is the mother of Godthefather, or of Christ (the Son) in his eternal co-existence with the Father.

The emphasis on Mary in the early Church was a way of coming to appreciate Jesus’s dual nature. Fully man, fully God. It is through Mary that Jesus has his humanity. But his eternal existence is thought by Catholics to be independent of her of course.

The expression “Mother of God” is a shorthand for Mary, Mother of God-the-Son (Or Mother of God-incarnate). It’s not meant to imply that Mary is the mother of Godthefather, or of Christ (the Son) in his co-eternal existence with the Father.

The emphasis on Mary in the early Church was a way of coming to appreciate Jesus’s dual nature. Fully man, fully God. It is through Mary that Jesus has his humanity. But his eternal existence is thought by Catholics to be independent of her of course.