Divine Maternity of Mary

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Christian doctrine Christological doctrine Marian doctrine

The Divine Maternity of Mary is the Christian doctrine affirming that Mary is truly the Mother of God (Theotokos) by virtue of giving birth to Jesus Christ, who is both fully divine and fully human.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mary as Mother of God	2
Mary as Theotokos	2
Mary as Mother of the Church	1
Mary as Mother of the Incarnate Word	1
Mary as New Eve	1
Mary as “mother of my Lord”	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian doctrine ⓘ Christological doctrine ⓘ Marian doctrine ⓘ
affirmedBy	Catholic magisterium NERFINISHED ⓘ Council of Ephesus canons NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Orthodox tradition ⓘ Lutheran confessional tradition ⓘ
affirms	Jesus Christ is fully divine NERFINISHED ⓘ Jesus Christ is fully human NERFINISHED ⓘ Jesus Christ is one divine person with two natures ⓘ Mary is truly the Mother of God ⓘ
basisOf	Marian title Mother of God NERFINISHED ⓘ Marian title Theotokos NERFINISHED ⓘ
celebratedBy	Eastern Catholic Churches NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Oriental Orthodox Churches NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralTo	Catholic Mariology NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Mariology NERFINISHED ⓘ Oriental Orthodox Mariology ⓘ Traditional Anglican theology ⓘ
clarifies	Mary is mother of the divine person of the Son ⓘ
connectedTo	Creedal Christology NERFINISHED ⓘ Marian devotion ⓘ
definedAtCouncil	Council of Ephesus NERFINISHED ⓘ
definedInYear	431 ⓘ
doesNotImply	Mary is source of the divine nature ⓘ
greekTitle	Theotokos NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDoctrinalTitle	Mother of God ⓘ Theotokos NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Greek ⓘ
latinTitle	Dei Genetrix NERFINISHED ⓘ Mater Dei NERFINISHED ⓘ
liturgicalFeast	Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God NERFINISHED ⓘ
liturgicalFeastDate	January 1 ⓘ
opposedHeresy	Nestorianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
presupposes	Hypostatic union NERFINISHED ⓘ Incarnation of the Word ⓘ
relatedDogma	Assumption of Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ Immaculate Conception NERFINISHED ⓘ Perpetual Virginity of Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatesToNatureOf	Christology NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatesToPersonOf	Jesus Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ
scripturalBasis	Galatians 4:4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Luke 1:43 ⓘ
theologicalFunction	protects the doctrine of the Incarnation ⓘ safeguards the unity of Christ’s person ⓘ
veneratedIn	Christian liturgy ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hail Mary → associatedWithDoctrine → Divine Maternity of Mary ⓘ

Saint Elizabeth → recognized → Divine Maternity of Mary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mary as “mother of my Lord”

Marian doctrine → includesBelief → Divine Maternity of Mary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mary as Theotokos

Marian doctrine → includesBelief → Divine Maternity of Mary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mary as Mother of the Church

Marian doctrine → includesBelief → Divine Maternity of Mary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mary as New Eve

The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the Mystery of Christ and the Church → theologicalFocus → Divine Maternity of Mary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mary as Mother of God

infant Mary → linkedToDoctrine → Divine Maternity of Mary ⓘ

subject surface form: Infant Mary

this entity surface form: Mary as Theotokos

Catholic theology → affirmsDoctrine → Divine Maternity of Mary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mary as Mother of God

Our Lady of the Incarnation → honorificFor → Divine Maternity of Mary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mary as Mother of the Incarnate Word