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Thus, in a sermon which he delivered at Antioch (perhaps the first as bishop), Theodore vehemently attacked the use of the term theotokos, long employed in ecclesiastical terminology, because Mary was strictly speaking anthropotokos, and only indirectly theotokos.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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When the trouble about the word theotokos began, he wrote and warned
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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NO, the mother of the one who is god...."theotokos"!
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The Pauline text was also at the center of the debate over the title "Mother of God" "theotokos" in the subsequent Christological disputes, and this explains why the Galatians text is the second reading in the liturgy for the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God on Jan. 1.
Zenit: Father Cantalamessa's 3rd Advent Meditation papabear 2008
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The Pauline text was also at the center of the debate over the title "Mother of God" "theotokos" in the subsequent Christological disputes, and this explains why the Galatians text is the second reading in the liturgy for the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God on Jan. 1.
Archive 2008-12-14 papabear 2008
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Furthermore, Mary willingly accepted the role of "theotokos", which is the most fearful and glorious role a person could take (i.e. to birth and raise God's Son).
Energetic Procession 2009
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In the popular theology of the central Middle Ages, Mary's earthly experiences as theotokos, a human bearer of the Word made flesh, and as a mother who watched her son die allow her to sympathize with humans in duress.
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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Mary is important not just in Roman Catholism but in Orthodox Christianity as well, where she is the theotokos "God bearer."
Mary, graffiti, brown paint, and "Engine Shampoo." Ann Althouse 2005
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Can you imagine the typical Catholic parish priest really delving into, for instance, the theotokos rift with the Orthodox church?
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Silently she appeared, the theotokos—as she was called—the “god-bearer.”
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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