Theotokos (Greek Θεοτόκος Greek pronunciation: [θeoˈtokos]) is a title of Mary, mother of God, used especially in Eastern Christianity. The usual Latin translations, Dei Genetrix or Deipara (approximately " parent (fem.) of God"), are translated as " Mother of God" or "God-bearer".
The title has been in use since the 3rd century, in the Syriac tradition (as Classical Syriac: ܝܳܠܕܰܬ ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ, translit. Yoldath Aloho) in the Liturgy of Mari and Addai (3rd century) and the Liturgy of St James ( 4th century ). The Council of Ephesus in AD 431 decreed that Mary is the Theotokos because her son Jesus is both God and man : one divine person with two natures ( divine and human ) intimately and hypostatically united.
Theotokos is also used as the term for an Eastern icon, or type of icon, of the Mother with Child (in the western tradition typically called a Madonna), as in "the Theotokos of Vladimir" both for the original 12th-century icon and for icons that are copies or imitate its composition.
The title of Mother of God (Greek Μήτηρ (του) Θεοῦ; abbreviated ΜΡ ΘΥ, Latin Mater Dei) (and equivalents) is most often used in English (and other modern western languages), largely due to the lack of a satisfactory equivalent of Greek τόκος / Latin genetrix.
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