God-bearer

The incarnation illustrated with scenes from the Old Testaments and the Gospels, with the Trinity in the central column, by Fridolin Leiber, 19th century

Incarnation In Christianity

Incarnation In Christianity The Incarnation in Christianity is the belief that Jesus Christ, the second person of the Trinity, also known as God the Son or the Logos (Koine Greek for “Word”), “was made flesh” by being conceived in the womb of a woman, the Virgin Mary, also known as the Theotokos...

Mother of God, mosaic icon, Hagia Sophia (12th century)

Theotokos

What Is Theotokos? Theotokos (Θεοτόκος) is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern Christianity. The usual Latin translations, Dei Genetrix or Deipara (approximately “parent (fem.) of God”), are “Mother of God” or “God-bearer”.[a][b] The title has been in use since the 3rd century, in the Syriac tradition (Yoldath Aloho) in the Liturgy...

Lady Chapel, Anglo-Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania)

Anglican Marian Theology

Anglican Marian Theology Anglican Marian theology is the summation of the doctrines and beliefs of Anglicanism concerning Mary, mother of Jesus. As Anglicans believe that Jesus was both human and God the Son, the second Person of the Trinity, within the Anglican Communion and Continuing Anglican movement, Mary is accorded...