The two natures of Christ mean that we can speak of a two-fold sonship of Christ. As the Son of God, He is eternally generated, begotten, of the Father. As Son of Mary, He underwent a temporal birth from the Virgin’s womb. Although having two natures, Christ is One Person. The Divine Son of God is identically the same as the Human Son of Mary. The Eternal Word is one and the same as the tiny infant given birth by Mary in Bethlehem. As such, Mary then truly is the Mother of God. There are not two Sons of God. There is only one Son of God. Jesus, the son of Mary, is the one and same only begotten Son of God.
A question remains about the true nature of Mary’s relation to Christ, the Son of God. Is this merely a logical relation or is this a real mother – son relation? The human Jesus’ relationship with His human mother is no doubt as real as any mother-son relationship. Christ’s relation as a man to His mother Mary then is as real as Mary’s relation to her Son.
But as the Eternal Son of God, Christ’s relation to His human mother is purely logical. As a self-existing, absolutely independent Being, God cannot stand in any real relation to a creature. God is really the Lord of His creatures despite the fact that His dominion over them is no real relation. He is called Lord in a real sense, because of the real power which He exercises. Similarly Christ is in a real sense the Son of the Virgin because of His real birth from her.
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