A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

godmother • Mother of God
godmother —a female person who presents a child at bap-
tism: For each male child to be baptized the rubric requires
two godfathers and one godmother.
Mother of God —(also: God’s Mother) a name of the Virgin
Mary the mother of Christ: Mary, then, was the Virgin Mother
of God. She remained in perpetual virginity.
God’s child • godchild
God’s child —(also: child of God) said of people born of God,
that is by God’s creation: Man is God’s child, and the sin of
the man consists in perpetually living as if it were false.
godchild —smb. for whom a godparent acts as sponsor at
baptism: A godparent was expected to see to his or her god-
child’s upbringing, should the parents be unable to do so.
God’s Country • Holy Land, the
God’s Country—(also: God’s Own Country) usually applied
to the United States: Now that I no longer live in God’s Coun-
try I often feel the need to return to the spectacular views of
the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
Holy Land, the— places where Jesus Christ lived; land held
in religious awe: Did not the Pope send all the Princes of
Christendom upon a Fool’s Errand, to gain the Holy Land?
God’s Son • godson
God’s Son—(also: Son of God, the) a name of Jesus Christ:
Jesus Christ was and is God’s son. Jesus was God’s gift to a
sinful world.
godson —a male person for whom a godparent acts as sponsor
at baptism: She promised that her godson would achieve
wealth and position.
Note: 
The compound does not correlate in meaning with the
phrase God the Son—(in the Christian tradition) the second
person of the Trinity: Something that is begotten has a definite
beginning and a cornerstone of the Trinity is that “God the
Son” has always existed.