Mary is more important than you think

Mary is more important than you think. I've already written about Mary being the Mother of God (if I could remember the article, I'd share it), and I have CERTAINLY defended the Theotokos in this No, Jesus did not drop a diss track on his mom).
Sometimes, Protestants, in their zeal to defend Christ, do things that are just downright insulting towards the Virgin Mary. Okay, maybe you're not convinced that Mary is a perpetual virgin, but, referring to the Virgin Mary as “just” a vessel, is downright offensive. (Pro-life article, but it makes a good point, The Virgin Mary’s Reproductive Choice).
Do you know how my mom would feel if I called her “just a vessel”? Or, even bizarrely, the view that Mary is the mother of Jesus's human nature...but not the Mother of God.

Before we get started, please read my previous article; How should we read the days of creation in Genesis? and be sure to check out my latest on Locals; Coffee and Christianity: Episode 78: The WHOLE armour of God
What?! This is such an odd belief for a trinitarian to hold. If I'm a criminal, and I get arrested, my mother is still my mother, and even the mother of a criminal, but not the mother of my criminal nature.
That is the heresy of Nestorianism. Nestorianism
Let's do this, Jesus is God, Mary is his Mother, Mary is the Mother of God.
Honestly, the only people I could see having a problem with this title are unitarians or other non-trinitarians.
But, does the Bible portray Mary as just a vessel? Or only the Mother of Jesus's human nature?
Well, that's a question for a different day. I'm here to tell you that Mary is important, because bad Mariology, leads to bad Christology.
Imagine saying Ruth or Eve are unimportant, and Mary is WAY more important than them!
And, I leave you with this; not because I want a heavy reflective theology heavy article with tons of Old Testament foreshadowing. I leave you with this, because, it's some of the most practical ways in the Bible that we can see that Mary IS important.
“When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one for each soldier. They also took his tunic; now the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from the top. So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see who will get it”. This was to fulfill what the scripture says, “They divided my clothes among themselves, and for my clothing they cast lots.”
And that is what the soldiers did. Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, “Woman, here is your son”. Then he said to the disciple, “Here is your mother”. And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home.”
(John 19:23-27)

Adam Charles Hovey is the founder ot the Catholicism, news, and whatever community on Locals, and the host of the weekly Bible study, Coffee and Christianity