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Well God the Word "became flesh" and God the Word remains flesh forevermore, so technically she is Mother of God the Word in the flesh. In other words, God the Word is to be found in both His Divine nature and in His human nature. It is for this reason, and for the sake of protecting this vital understanding of the Incarnation and the nature of the Christ that the Church has always insisted on using the expression "mother of God". What you are expressing is the ancient "Nestorian" heresy. Mary, speaking by the Holy Spirit, said that henceforth all generations will call her blessed. And that is what we do. But the only human that we worship as God is Jesus Christ, because He is the Word of God Who became flesh. Saints are honored, and Mary is especially honored among the saints, but they are not worshipped. Worship is reserved for God alone.Mary was blessed above all women at that time because she was carrying the incarnation of Christ in her womb, but that was a temporary blessing because eventually Jesus was born and Mary's mission fulfilled. There is no implication whatsoever that she was always a virgin, never sinned, or became a goddess. It's okay to respect her for being the person God chose to physically come into the world as a human without also elevating her into something she's not. If she were sinless and perfect and divine, then there would be no reason for Jesus to die on the cross because Mary could have just done that job herself, but that's not what happened and that's not who she was. She is not the "Mother of God" because God is not a created being and there was never a time when he didn't exist. Mary was the mother of the physical form that God took to complete his earthy mission.
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