| − | '''''Theotokos''''' (Greek '''Θεοτόκος''') is the most exalted Greek title given to [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Mary, the mother of Jesus]]. Its literal English translations include "God-bearer", "Birth-Giver of God" and "the one who gives birth to God." Less literal translations include "Mother of God". This title is a consequence of the [[Christianity|Christian]] catholic and orthodox [[doctrine]] of the [[Divine|divinity]] of [[Jesus Christ]], the [[Incarnation|Incarnate]] Son of [[God]], "the [[Logos|Word]] made flesh" (John 1:14), the Second Person of the Blessed [[Trinity]], as defined [[dogma]]tically against the teaching of [[Nestorianism|Nestorius]] declared [[Heresy|heretical]] by the [[Council of Ephesus]]. | + | '''''Theotokos''''' (Greek '''Θεοτόκος''') is the most exalted Greek title given to [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Mary, the mother of Jesus]]. Its literal English translations include "God-bearer", "Birth-Giver of God" and "the one who gives birth to God." Less literal translations include "Mother of God". This title is a consequence of the [[Christianity|Christian]] catholic and orthodox [[doctrine]] of the [[Divine|divinity]] of [[Jesus Christ]], the [[Incarnation|Incarnate]] Son of [[God]], "the [[Logos|Word]] made flesh" (John 1:14), the Second Person of the Blessed [[Trinity]], as defined [[dogma]]tically against the teaching of [[Nestorianism|Nestorius]] declared [[Heresy|heretical]] by the [[Council of Ephesus]] 431. |