Theotokos
Sign in to savethumb|An icon of the Our Lady of Kazan|Theotokos of Kazan. Theotokos () is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern Christianity. The usual Latin translations are or (approximately "parent [] of God"). Common English translations are "Mother of God" or "God-bearer" – but these both have different literal equivalents in , and respectively.
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- Etymology
- Theology
- History of use
- Early Church
- Third Ecumenical Council
- Nestorian schism
- Reformation
- 20th century
- Liturgy
- Iconography
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- See also
- Notes
- References
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thumb|An icon of the Our Lady of Kazan|Theotokos of Kazan. Theotokos () is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern Christianity. The usual Latin translations are or (approximately "parent [] of God"). Common English translations are "Mother of God" or "God-bearer" – but these both have different literal equivalents in , and respectively.
The title has been in use since the 3rd century, and in the 4th-century Liturgy of Saint James (4th century). The Council of Ephesus in AD 431 decreed that Mary is the because her son Jesus is both God and man: one divine person from two natures (divine and human) intimately and hypostatically united.