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- Embed this notice@Ash_Kvetchum @Deplorable_Degenerate @chud @monsterislandcolonizer That is, uh, some pretty exotic theology there, friend.
Look, I think the place to start is not your own freestylin' theological speculations, but with the definitive Councils of the early Church. Mary is the Theotokos, the Mother of God. Not the contributor of the fleshly part of the Incarnate God, not the mother of the human nature of Jesus, none of that. She is the Mother of God.
And the reason for that was not because the Fathers were trying to have a conversation about Mary, but because they were trying to think through questions about Jesus. Mother of God is, ultimately, a Christological statement.
So, start there and see where it takes you. If you wind up in a place where you've convinced yourself that the woman bearing the title, Mother of God, is not really that big of a deal, well, you made some error. Check your work.