January 3, 2025 • 15 mins
Why do Catholics insist on calling Mary the Mother of God? Even though this is a stumbling block to some non-Catholics? It’s important to know that the current animus against the Blessed Virgin in some circles is not a reflection of the faith of the early Church. Also in this podcast: What was the Biblical Star of Bethlehem and the Feast of the Holy Name. https://nononsensecatholic.com/saint-bernard-on-the-holy-name-of-jesus/
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(00:00):
Why do Catholics insist on calling Mary the
mother of god,
especially when this is a stumbling block to
protestants
and nonsense to non Christians?
We'll talk about that today. And, also, since
this coming Sunday is the epiphany of the
lord, we will consider the star of Bethlehem,
and what it may or may not have
actually been.
(00:21):
But first, it is a new year, and
I wanna begin by saying thank you to
everyone who has subscribed to the channel
and for all the kind words about our
first podcast.
I can tell you that your comments have
already inspired several upcoming videos.
And, of course, I want to encourage you
to kindly take a second to like and
subscribe.
(00:42):
It really does make a difference, and I
really do appreciate it.
That said, New Year's Day was the octave
of Christmas and the solemnity of Mary, mother
of god.
Mother of god is the first of the
4 Marian dogmas,
and I know that this is a stumbling
block for many of our separated brethren.
(01:02):
But it's important to know that the current
animus against the blessed virgin Mary in some
circles
is not a reflection of the faith of
the early church.
In fact, as the church spread in the
1st few centuries,
the earliest theological
controversies were regarding the person of Christ.
What does it mean that Christ is the
(01:22):
son of God,
which is what led to that first Marian
dogma?
In the 5th century, a theologian named Nestorius
balked at the idea of Mary being called
the mother of God.
And this gave birth to a false syllogism
to demonstrate the objection.
One that you still hear sometimes today.
(01:43):
It goes like this.
Mary is the mother of God.
God is trinity.
Therefore,
Mary is the mother of the trinity,
which is nonsense, of course, because Mary is
a human being and not eternal.
The trinity does not proceed from
her. The spiritual descendants of Nestorius still use
this and similar arguments to admit Mary is
(02:05):
the mother of Jesus,
but deny her the title mother of god.
Some would still argue with Nestorius that Mary
is the mother of the human person of
Jesus,
but not the divine person.
Unfortunately,
this led Nestorius to the conclusion that there
are 2 persons in Christ.
So what's the answer?
(02:26):
Well, fortunately, as a Catholic, you do not
have to try and figure this out for
yourself.
The church teaches that human nature is composed
of body and soul.
Now god the son, being the second person
of the holy trinity, has a divine nature
from all eternity.
Then in the fullness of time, he was
born a human being with a human body
(02:47):
and soul,
but he did not cease to be god.
At the council of Ephesus in 431
AD, the church answered Nestorius by declaring the
hypostatic union,
which means Jesus is one person
with 2 natures,
human and divine.
Hence, true god and true man, as we
(03:10):
say in the creed every Sunday.
The church fathers at Ephesus confirmed his divinity
by giving Mary the title theotokos,
literally
god bearer or mother of god,
since she is the mother of the one
person of Jesus Christ who is the god
man,
the son of God and the son of
(03:30):
Mary.
Two natures
in 1 divine
person.
So the true syllogism is,
Mary is the mother of Jesus.
Jesus is God.
Therefore,
Mary is the mother of God.
Deny this, and you deny the divinity of
Christ.
(03:51):
Get it wrong on Mary, and you get
it wrong on Jesus.
And that's no nonsense.
In future episodes, we'll look at the evidence
for the church's teaching on Mary in the
bible.
But as promised, we are going to look
now at the readings for the epiphany of
the lord, the commemoration
of the visit of the wise men to
(04:12):
the Christ child.
And the first reading is from Isaiah 60
1 through 6, and begins with the exhortation,
rise up in splendor, Jerusalem.
Your light has come. The glory of the
lord shines upon you.
In historical context,
this prophecy is about the restoration of Israel
(04:32):
after the Babylonian exile.
A time when the chosen people were called
to rebuild their identity and renew their faith.
Isaiah's call to action is an invitation for
the city to recognize the divine presence
that dispels the darkness of the world.
But the prophecy extends beyond the immediate context.
(04:54):
Verse 3 says,
nations shall walk by your light and kings
by your shining radiance.
So there is a profound connection between this
message of Isaiah and the epiphany.
The Magi represent the Gentile nations response to
the divine light that has come into the
world,
acknowledging Jesus as the savior who transcends cultural
(05:16):
and national boundaries.
The epiphany reveals the universal scope of Christ's
mission
as encompassing all people.
Just as Isaiah proclaims the gathering of nations,
the Magi's journey illustrates the fulfillment of this
promise
as they bring gifts and worship
to the one who is the embodiment,
(05:37):
the incarnation
of God's glory.
The second reading from Saint Paul's letter to
the Ephesians
speaks of the mystery of God's plan which
has been revealed to him.
Namely,
the Gentiles are now co heirs,
members of the same body and co partners
in the promise in Christ Jesus through the
(05:59):
gospel.
The historical context here is important.
Paul was addressing a predominantly
Gentile audience in Ephesus,
emphasizing that God's grace extends beyond the Jewish
people to include all nations.
It's well to remember that Paul as a
former Pharisee,
once believed that strict adherence to the Jewish
(06:20):
law was the sole path to salvation.
His teaching here underscores the gospel affirmation
that all are invited to partake in the
divine promise.
And as we shall see, the visit of
the Magi reveals that the inclusion of the
Gentiles is not an afterthought,
but a central aspect of God's salvific plan.
(06:42):
As Paul notes, this mystery was hidden in
the past
but is now made known by the revelation
of Christ to the world.
Liturgically,
the 12 days of Christmas conclude on January
5th
followed by the feast of the epiphany on
6th, which is a holy day of obligation.
(07:03):
In the United States, mass for the epiphany
of the lord is celebrated on the Sunday
between January 2nd January 8th.
Now as with everything related in the bible,
this episode is filled with meaning,
and no one podcast can do it justice.
The feast of the epiphany is the liturgical
(07:24):
memorial of the visit by wise men from
the east who followed a star to come
and adore the infant Jesus.
Consequently,
this time of year is when folks come
out of the woodwork
with their various explanations of what the star
of Bethlehem might have really been.
The reason being that outside the bible, ancient
records make no mention of the miraculous star,
(07:47):
which has led to no end of speculation.
So that's what we're going to focus on
here.
Let's start with the biblical account from Matthew
2:1 through 12.
The wise men arrive in Jerusalem and ask
King Herod,
where is the newborn king of the Jews?
We saw the rising of his star, and
we have come to pay him homage.
(08:10):
Herod is troubled and summons the chief priests
to ask where the Christ was to be
born.
They reply, in Bethlehem of Judea,
and quote the prophecy of Micah. And you,
Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by
no means least among the rulers of Judah.
For from you shall come a ruler who
will shepherd my people Israel.
(08:33):
Then Herod sends the wise men to Bethlehem
and says, when you have found him, bring
me word so that I can go and
pay him homage.
And the wise men set out, and scripture
says,
behold,
the star that they had seen at its
rising proceeded ahead of them until it stopped
over the place where the child was.
(08:53):
The sight of the star filled them with
great joy.
And when they entered the house, they beheld
the child with Mary, his mother.
Falling to their knees, they paid him homage
and offered him gifts of gold,
frankincense,
and myrrh.
And since they had been warned in a
dream not to return to Herod, they departed
for their own country by another route.
(09:17):
Not much is known about these mysterious wise
men.
Scripture calls them by the Persian word magi,
from which we derive the words magic and
magician.
We really don't know for sure where they
came from or how many there were.
Psalm 7211
says, all kings will pay him homage, and
all nations will serve him.
(09:39):
And Isaiah 60 verse 6 says,
droves of camels will cover your land, the
young camels from Midian and Ephah.
All from Sheba will come, laden with gold
and frankincense,
while the people proclaim the praises of the
lord.
So the wise men are customarily portrayed as
kings traveling with a train of camels.
(10:01):
Tradition says they were men of high position
from Parthia, near the site of ancient Babylon,
and presents us with 3 magi,
known by the names Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar,
one for each of the famous three gifts.
The relics of the 3 wise men are
believed to repose in the Cathedral of Cologne
in Germany,
(10:22):
and their gifts represent Jesus' identity.
Gold is a gift for a king.
Incense is offered to God, and myrrh was
used in consecrating priests and as a burial
ointment,
representing his priesthood
and his passion and death.
In any case, the magi told Herod they
saw his star in the east.
(10:44):
Numbers 2417
records the prophecy of Balaam.
A star comes forth from Jacob, and a
scepter rises out of Israel.
Now this star was actually assigned to herald
king David.
But behind the prophecy of the conquering hero,
Saint Matthew sees the glorious messiah,
Jesus, the son of David.
(11:05):
And that explains why it would have been
troubling to Herod
because he was an Edomite.
And numbers 2418
says,
Edom shall be dispossessed.
The fulfillment of the prophecy has led some
to seek an extraordinary
phenomenon, such as a supernova,
a meteor shower, or a comet appearing in
(11:25):
the sky at the time of Christ's birth.
But there's no record of any such phenomena
at the time.
Perhaps the best known scientific explanation
is that of 16th century astronomer Johannes Kepler,
who charted a conjunction of Jupiter, Saturn, and
Mars in the year 6 BC,
notably occurring in the constellation of Pisces.
(11:47):
So the Magi were astrologers.
There was an unusual conjunction of planets in
Pisces.
Pisces is the sign of the fish. The
fish was an early Christian symbol,
kind of a house of cards, but you
can see where he was going.
Personally,
I see no compelling reason to look for
a scientific explanation for the star of Bethlehem
in the first place.
(12:07):
God could certainly have placed a sign in
the heavens to summon the kings to come
pay homage to Jesus,
and when they got close, make that sign
reappear over the house of the holy family
in Bethlehem.
And whatever the nature of the star, we
know that these astrologers traveled over a 1000
miles searching for a king, and they found
him.
But the star only got them as far
(12:28):
as Jerusalem.
It was divine revelation,
a prophecy of scripture that sent them to
Bethlehem where the star reappeared.
Furthermore,
this event might not have been witnessed by
anyone but the wise men.
Consider how the vision of the angelic host
was given only to some poor shepherds,
or how only Peter, James, and John witnessed
(12:51):
the transfiguration.
Perhaps, the vision of the miraculous star was
meant for their eyes only.
So whether the star of Bethlehem was some
observable celestial phenomenon or a miraculous sign meant
for the magi alone,
The fact is the wise men came and
brought their gifts and worshiped Jesus for who
he is,
(13:11):
the promised savior.
And like the shepherds and the magi,
the humble and the wise still seek and
worship Jesus today,
not for what they can get, but for
who he is,
namely the second person of the blessed trinity,
true god and true man.
And like the Magi, we can also offer
(13:33):
gifts to our lord Jesus.
Saint Gregory the great said, the gifts of
the magi signify the gifts that we present
to Christ in our daily lives.
The gold is his wisdom, which shines in
us.
Frankincense,
the prayer and adoration we offer him,
and myrrh, our daily self sacrifices.
(13:54):
Amen.
One more thing I mentioned last week. The
month of January is dedicated to the holy
name of Jesus.
And the gospel for the 1st day of
the year ends with Luke 221.
On 8th day, when the time for the
child's circumcision had arrived, he was given the
name Jesus,
the name the angel had given him before
(14:15):
he had been conceived in the womb,
which is why January 1st is also known
as the feast of the circumcision.
And there is also a traditional feast of
the holy name of Jesus on January 3rd.
Well, I just posted an article on my
website, no nonsense catholic.com,
that explains what the bible says about the
name of Jesus,
(14:36):
how his name is in itself a powerful
prayer,
the origins of the feast day, and what
the great doctor of the church, saint Bernard
of Clervo, said about the holy name of
Jesus.
I'll put a link in the description.
For now, suffice it to say that we
should confidently invoke the holy name of Jesus
in all our necessities.
(14:57):
Because as it says in acts 4 12,
there is no salvation in anyone else,
nor is there any other name under heaven
given to men by which we can be
saved.
And that's
no nonsense.
One last thing. I got a comment from
a Catholic in Germany who said that sharing
(15:17):
the faith with our separated brethren would be
easier if only the term Catholic church was
in the bible.
Obviously, evidence for the doctrines of the church
are to be found in the scriptures.
But next time, I'm going to show him
and you where to find Catholic church explicitly
in the new testament.
Until then, thanks for listening. Happy New Year,
(15:39):
and may God richly bless you and your
family.
Why do Catholics insist on calling Mary the
mother of god,
especially when this is a stumbling block to
protestants
and nonsense to non Christians?
We'll talk about that today. And, also, since
this coming Sunday is the epiphany of the
lord, we will consider the star of Bethlehem,
and what it may or may not have
actually been.
(00:21):
But first, it is a new year, and
I wanna begin by saying thank you to
everyone who has subscribed to the channel
and for all the kind words about our
first podcast.
I can tell you that your comments have
already inspired several upcoming videos.
And, of course, I want to encourage you
to kindly take a second to like and
subscribe.
(00:42):
It really does make a difference, and I
really do appreciate it.
That said, New Year's Day was the octave
of Christmas and the solemnity of Mary, mother
of god.
Mother of god is the first of the
4 Marian dogmas,
and I know that this is a stumbling
block for many of our separated brethren.
(01:02):
But it's important to know that the current
animus against the blessed virgin Mary in some
circles
is not a reflection of the faith of
the early church.
In fact, as the church spread in the
1st few centuries,
the earliest theological
controversies were regarding the person of Christ.
What does it mean that Christ is the
(01:22):
son of God,
which is what led to that first Marian
dogma?
In the 5th century, a theologian named Nestorius
balked at the idea of Mary being called
the mother of God.
And this gave birth to a false syllogism
to demonstrate the objection.
One that you still hear sometimes today.
(01:43):
It goes like this.
Mary is the mother of God.
God is trinity.
Therefore,
Mary is the mother of the trinity,
which is nonsense, of course, because Mary is
a human being and not eternal.
The trinity does not proceed from
her. The spiritual descendants of Nestorius still use
this and similar arguments to admit Mary is
(02:05):
the mother of Jesus,
but deny her the title mother of god.
Some would still argue with Nestorius that Mary
is the mother of the human person of
Jesus,
but not the divine person.
Unfortunately,
this led Nestorius to the conclusion that there
are 2 persons in Christ.
So what's the answer?
(02:26):
Well, fortunately, as a Catholic, you do not
have to try and figure this out for
yourself.
The church teaches that human nature is composed
of body and soul.
Now god the son, being the second person
of the holy trinity, has a divine nature
from all eternity.
Then in the fullness of time, he was
born a human being with a human body
(02:47):
and soul,
but he did not cease to be god.
At the council of Ephesus in 431
AD, the church answered Nestorius by declaring the
hypostatic union,
which means Jesus is one person
with 2 natures,
human and divine.
Hence, true god and true man, as we
(03:10):
say in the creed every Sunday.
The church fathers at Ephesus confirmed his divinity
by giving Mary the title theotokos,
literally
god bearer or mother of god,
since she is the mother of the one
person of Jesus Christ who is the god
man,
the son of God and the son of
(03:30):
Mary.
Two natures
in 1 divine
person.
So the true syllogism is,
Mary is the mother of Jesus.
Jesus is God.
Therefore,
Mary is the mother of God.
Deny this, and you deny the divinity of
Christ.
(03:51):
Get it wrong on Mary, and you get
it wrong on Jesus.
And that's no nonsense.
In future episodes, we'll look at the evidence
for the church's teaching on Mary in the
bible.
But as promised, we are going to look
now at the readings for the epiphany of
the lord, the commemoration
of the visit of the wise men to
(04:12):
the Christ child.
And the first reading is from Isaiah 60
1 through 6, and begins with the exhortation,
rise up in splendor, Jerusalem.
Your light has come. The glory of the
lord shines upon you.
In historical context,
this prophecy is about the restoration of Israel
(04:32):
after the Babylonian exile.
A time when the chosen people were called
to rebuild their identity and renew their faith.
Isaiah's call to action is an invitation for
the city to recognize the divine presence
that dispels the darkness of the world.
But the prophecy extends beyond the immediate context.
(04:54):
Verse 3 says,
nations shall walk by your light and kings
by your shining radiance.
So there is a profound connection between this
message of Isaiah and the epiphany.
The Magi represent the Gentile nations response to
the divine light that has come into the
world,
acknowledging Jesus as the savior who transcends cultural
(05:16):
and national boundaries.
The epiphany reveals the universal scope of Christ's
mission
as encompassing all people.
Just as Isaiah proclaims the gathering of nations,
the Magi's journey illustrates the fulfillment of this
promise
as they bring gifts and worship
to the one who is the embodiment,
(05:37):
the incarnation
of God's glory.
The second reading from Saint Paul's letter to
the Ephesians
speaks of the mystery of God's plan which
has been revealed to him.
Namely,
the Gentiles are now co heirs,
members of the same body and co partners
in the promise in Christ Jesus through the
(05:59):
gospel.
The historical context here is important.
Paul was addressing a predominantly
Gentile audience in Ephesus,
emphasizing that God's grace extends beyond the Jewish
people to include all nations.
It's well to remember that Paul as a
former Pharisee,
once believed that strict adherence to the Jewish
(06:20):
law was the sole path to salvation.
His teaching here underscores the gospel affirmation
that all are invited to partake in the
divine promise.
And as we shall see, the visit of
the Magi reveals that the inclusion of the
Gentiles is not an afterthought,
but a central aspect of God's salvific plan.
(06:42):
As Paul notes, this mystery was hidden in
the past
but is now made known by the revelation
of Christ to the world.
Liturgically,
the 12 days of Christmas conclude on January
5th
followed by the feast of the epiphany on
6th, which is a holy day of obligation.
(07:03):
In the United States, mass for the epiphany
of the lord is celebrated on the Sunday
between January 2nd January 8th.
Now as with everything related in the bible,
this episode is filled with meaning,
and no one podcast can do it justice.
The feast of the epiphany is the liturgical
(07:24):
memorial of the visit by wise men from
the east who followed a star to come
and adore the infant Jesus.
Consequently,
this time of year is when folks come
out of the woodwork
with their various explanations of what the star
of Bethlehem might have really been.
The reason being that outside the bible, ancient
records make no mention of the miraculous star,
(07:47):
which has led to no end of speculation.
So that's what we're going to focus on
here.
Let's start with the biblical account from Matthew
2:1 through 12.
The wise men arrive in Jerusalem and ask
King Herod,
where is the newborn king of the Jews?
We saw the rising of his star, and
we have come to pay him homage.
(08:10):
Herod is troubled and summons the chief priests
to ask where the Christ was to be
born.
They reply, in Bethlehem of Judea,
and quote the prophecy of Micah. And you,
Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by
no means least among the rulers of Judah.
For from you shall come a ruler who
will shepherd my people Israel.
(08:33):
Then Herod sends the wise men to Bethlehem
and says, when you have found him, bring
me word so that I can go and
pay him homage.
And the wise men set out, and scripture
says,
behold,
the star that they had seen at its
rising proceeded ahead of them until it stopped
over the place where the child was.
(08:53):
The sight of the star filled them with
great joy.
And when they entered the house, they beheld
the child with Mary, his mother.
Falling to their knees, they paid him homage
and offered him gifts of gold,
frankincense,
and myrrh.
And since they had been warned in a
dream not to return to Herod, they departed
for their own country by another route.
(09:17):
Not much is known about these mysterious wise
men.
Scripture calls them by the Persian word magi,
from which we derive the words magic and
magician.
We really don't know for sure where they
came from or how many there were.
Psalm 7211
says, all kings will pay him homage, and
all nations will serve him.
(09:39):
And Isaiah 60 verse 6 says,
droves of camels will cover your land, the
young camels from Midian and Ephah.
All from Sheba will come, laden with gold
and frankincense,
while the people proclaim the praises of the
lord.
So the wise men are customarily portrayed as
kings traveling with a train of camels.
(10:01):
Tradition says they were men of high position
from Parthia, near the site of ancient Babylon,
and presents us with 3 magi,
known by the names Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar,
one for each of the famous three gifts.
The relics of the 3 wise men are
believed to repose in the Cathedral of Cologne
in Germany,
(10:22):
and their gifts represent Jesus' identity.
Gold is a gift for a king.
Incense is offered to God, and myrrh was
used in consecrating priests and as a burial
ointment,
representing his priesthood
and his passion and death.
In any case, the magi told Herod they
saw his star in the east.
(10:44):
Numbers 2417
records the prophecy of Balaam.
A star comes forth from Jacob, and a
scepter rises out of Israel.
Now this star was actually assigned to herald
king David.
But behind the prophecy of the conquering hero,
Saint Matthew sees the glorious messiah,
Jesus, the son of David.
(11:05):
And that explains why it would have been
troubling to Herod
because he was an Edomite.
And numbers 2418
says,
Edom shall be dispossessed.
The fulfillment of the prophecy has led some
to seek an extraordinary
phenomenon, such as a supernova,
a meteor shower, or a comet appearing in
(11:25):
the sky at the time of Christ's birth.
But there's no record of any such phenomena
at the time.
Perhaps the best known scientific explanation
is that of 16th century astronomer Johannes Kepler,
who charted a conjunction of Jupiter, Saturn, and
Mars in the year 6 BC,
notably occurring in the constellation of Pisces.
(11:47):
So the Magi were astrologers.
There was an unusual conjunction of planets in
Pisces.
Pisces is the sign of the fish. The
fish was an early Christian symbol,
kind of a house of cards, but you
can see where he was going.
Personally,
I see no compelling reason to look for
a scientific explanation for the star of Bethlehem
in the first place.
(12:07):
God could certainly have placed a sign in
the heavens to summon the kings to come
pay homage to Jesus,
and when they got close, make that sign
reappear over the house of the holy family
in Bethlehem.
And whatever the nature of the star, we
know that these astrologers traveled over a 1000
miles searching for a king, and they found
him.
But the star only got them as far
(12:28):
as Jerusalem.
It was divine revelation,
a prophecy of scripture that sent them to
Bethlehem where the star reappeared.
Furthermore,
this event might not have been witnessed by
anyone but the wise men.
Consider how the vision of the angelic host
was given only to some poor shepherds,
or how only Peter, James, and John witnessed
(12:51):
the transfiguration.
Perhaps, the vision of the miraculous star was
meant for their eyes only.
So whether the star of Bethlehem was some
observable celestial phenomenon or a miraculous sign meant
for the magi alone,
The fact is the wise men came and
brought their gifts and worshiped Jesus for who
he is,
(13:11):
the promised savior.
And like the shepherds and the magi,
the humble and the wise still seek and
worship Jesus today,
not for what they can get, but for
who he is,
namely the second person of the blessed trinity,
true god and true man.
And like the Magi, we can also offer
(13:33):
gifts to our lord Jesus.
Saint Gregory the great said, the gifts of
the magi signify the gifts that we present
to Christ in our daily lives.
The gold is his wisdom, which shines in
us.
Frankincense,
the prayer and adoration we offer him,
and myrrh, our daily self sacrifices.
(13:54):
Amen.
One more thing I mentioned last week. The
month of January is dedicated to the holy
name of Jesus.
And the gospel for the 1st day of
the year ends with Luke 221.
On 8th day, when the time for the
child's circumcision had arrived, he was given the
name Jesus,
the name the angel had given him before
(14:15):
he had been conceived in the womb,
which is why January 1st is also known
as the feast of the circumcision.
And there is also a traditional feast of
the holy name of Jesus on January 3rd.
Well, I just posted an article on my
website, no nonsense catholic.com,
that explains what the bible says about the
name of Jesus,
(14:36):
how his name is in itself a powerful
prayer,
the origins of the feast day, and what
the great doctor of the church, saint Bernard
of Clervo, said about the holy name of
Jesus.
I'll put a link in the description.
For now, suffice it to say that we
should confidently invoke the holy name of Jesus
in all our necessities.
(14:57):
Because as it says in acts 4 12,
there is no salvation in anyone else,
nor is there any other name under heaven
given to men by which we can be
saved.
And that's
no nonsense.
One last thing. I got a comment from
a Catholic in Germany who said that sharing
(15:17):
the faith with our separated brethren would be
easier if only the term Catholic church was
in the bible.
Obviously, evidence for the doctrines of the church
are to be found in the scriptures.
But next time, I'm going to show him
and you where to find Catholic church explicitly
in the new testament.
Until then, thanks for listening. Happy New Year,
(15:39):
and may God richly bless you and your
family.
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