Theotokos

Definition

Title for the Virgin Mary, ‘God-bearer’. In Revelation 12, the woman clothed with the sun is interpreted as both Israel, the Church, and personally the Theotokos, who gave birth to Christ.

Episodes

• 021 — History of the Christian Church — Topic 1
• 027 — History of the Christian Church — Topic 7
• 081 — New Testament — Topic 38
• 119 — Patrology — Topic 7
• 125 — Patrology — Topic 13

Related Concepts

• Christology
• Church
• Ephesus 431
• Incarnation
• Mariology
• Mother Of God
• Nestorianism
• Nestorius
• St Cyril
• Theodore Of Mopsuestia
• Theopaschism
• Virgin Mary
• Woman Clothed With Sun

Biblical References

• Revelation 12:1-2 — Then a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and with the moon under her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling to give…