The Most Holy Mother of God meaning "Birth-Giver of God."
God-bearer, birth-giver, frequently translated "Mother of God." Because Jesus Christ is the divine Son of God, Mary is called the Mother of God to profess our faith that in the Incarnation, God was in her womb. Elizabeth called Mary "blessed" and "the mother of my Lord" (Luke 1:42, 43). At the Council of Ephesus in A.D. 431, the Church condemned Nestorius and other heretics who refused to call the Virgin Mary the Theotokos. For if it was not God in Mary's womb, there is no salvation for humanity.
(Gr., "God-bearing"): epithet bestowed upon the Virgin Mary at the Council of Ephesus in 431, emphasizing that Mary gave birth to God, not to a man who became god.
the Virgin, the Mother of God
the Greek word for the Mother of God; literally, “the God-birthgiver.
From the Greek meaning "God-bearer," Theotokos is a title of honour for the Virgin Mary as Christ's mother. Among the several forms this takes in art, one of the most popular is the Theotokos Hodegetria, in which the Virgin tenderly points to the Child who may be on her lap or in her arms. Return to Theme
A theological title for the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is Greek for "God-bearer," and is usually rendered in English as "Mother of God." Use of this title affirms that Jesus Christ was God incarnate from the moment of his conception.
Literally, "the bearer of God". A Greek term used to refer to Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, with the intention of reinforcing the central insight of the doctrine of the incarnation - that is, that Jesus Christ is none other than God. The term was extensively used by writers of the eastern church, especially around the time of the Nestorian controversy, to articulate both the divinity of Christ and the reality of the incarnation.
Theotokos (, translit. Theotókos; Latin Deipara, Dei genetrix; Slavonic: Богородица translit. Bogoroditsa, Georgian: ღვთისმშáƒáƒ‘ელი transl. ghvtismshobeli, Romanian Născătoare de Dumnezeu) is a title of Mary, the mother of Jesus.