It is now common for reputable publications such as the Encyclopedia
Britannica, and the on-line Encyclopedia Mythica to identify the Virgin Mary with
the Egyptian goddess Isis.
Although much has been written by Catholic theologians, doctors and popes
concerning Mary, there is no biblical basis for their assertions.
In scripture Mary is never called ìthe Mother of Godî. However, it is evident that
she was the mother of Jesus. The argument is that since Jesus is God, then of
course that makes Mary the Mother of God. But this is based on tradition and
human reasoning, not scripture.
ìFor it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will
bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the
wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world?
hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?î
1 Corinthians 1:20
It was around the time of Constantine that the term Mother of God began to take
on its current meaning within the realms of so-called Christianity.
ìÖPaolo Sarpi in his ëHistory of the Council of Trentí
sketches the rise of Mariolatry in the papal church. The
phrase ëMother of the Divine Son,í used toward the end of
the third century, was used not in her honour but in honour
of Christ to show that He was born Divine. By degrees it was
used in honour of Mary instead of Christ. In the eleventh
century a canonical office was instituted in honour of her
which gained ground by decrees of church councils and
popes until the Jesuits came on the scene in the sixteenth
century when it advanced in leaps and bounds.î 34There is not one instance in the whole of the New Testament where Jesus called
Mary ìmotherî. Whenever He addressed her in scripture, He always used the
phrase ìwomanî, and even rebuked her at the marriage in Cana of Galilee.