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Did Jesus ever describe God as a mother
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I remember reading in my catechism that Jesus compared God to a mother or something to that effect.  Does anyone happen to know the specific passage in the NT?

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With all the stuff that's made up about him, its probably possible

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"As one whom his mother comforts, so I (God) will comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem."
Isaiah 66:13

But that's OT... :\

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Hmmm...I don't believe so, but I'm not sure. That'd be interesting to see.

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And from the CCC (Catechism of the Catholic Church), it says this;

In no way is God in man's image. He is neither man nor woman. God is pure spirit in which there is no place for the differences between the sexes. But the respective "perfections" of man and woman reflect something of the infinite perfection of God: those of a mother (Isaiah 49:14-15; 66:13; Psalm 131:2-3) and those of a father (Job 31:18; Jer. 3:4-20) and husband (Jer. 3:6-19). [CCC 370]

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I don't know the passage, but, from what I have read, the term "The father, the son and the holy spirit" - The holy spirit used to be seen as the feminine aspect of divinity in early forms of Christianity. So, it is possible that he would suggest God as being the mother as well as father. "The father, the son and the holy spirit" representing God in all forms - mother, father and child. All in one.

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Quote: from dreamweaver at 10:16 am on Jan. 5, 2009

And from the CCC (Catechism of the Catholic Church), it says this;

In no way is God in man's image. He is neither man nor woman. God is pure spirit in which there is no place for the differences between the sexes. But the respective "perfections" of man and woman reflect something of the infinite perfection of God: those of a mother (Isaiah 49:14-15; 66:13; Psalm 131:2-3) and those of a father (Job 31:18; Jer. 3:4-20) and husband (Jer. 3:6-19). [CCC 370]

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Thanks for your post.
I found the passage from my abridged catechism:

Without a doubt, Jesus frequently used the idea of Father in his teaching about God.  But at times, for example when he compared God's love to that of a woman who rejoiced over finding a lost coin, Jesus used feminine images for God.  The medieval mystic Julian of Norwich and others point out that the idea of God as Mother also adds to our understanding of God's love for us.

I think I misread the passage when I first read it and thought that Jesus described God using the feminine form or actually referred to God as mother as Jesus frequently referred to God as father.


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Which Catechism are you using? All the CCCs I've seen usually gives you exactly what scripture it came from (kind of like the quote I gave last did).

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