Christotokos

E927005

Christological title Marian title

Christotokos is a Christological title for Mary emphasizing her role as "Mother of Christ" rather than "Mother of God," central to debates in the Nestorian controversy.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mother of the Incarnate Logos	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christological title ⓘ Marian title ⓘ
contrastsWith	Theotokos NERFINISHED ⓘ
emphasizes	Mary as mother of Christ’s humanity ⓘ
hasEtymologyComponent	Christos ⓘ tokos ⓘ
hasLanguageOfOrigin	Greek ⓘ
hasMeaning	Bearer of Christ ⓘ Mother of Christ ⓘ
hasTheologicalImplication	avoids calling Mary Mother of God in strict sense ⓘ limits Marian title to Christ’s humanity ⓘ
isAssociatedWithView	distinction between Christ’s human and divine natures ⓘ
isCategoryOf	Christian theological terminology ⓘ
isConnectedTo	Nestorianism NERFINISHED ⓘ dyophysite Christology ⓘ
isContrastedInDebateWith	title Theotokos for Mary ⓘ
isDiscussedIn	ecumenical council documents ⓘ patristic theology ⓘ
isLessAcceptedThan	Theotokos NERFINISHED ⓘ
isRelatedToDoctrine	Christology NERFINISHED ⓘ Mariology NERFINISHED ⓘ
isUsedBySome	to stress Christ’s human nature ⓘ
isUsedInContext	debates over Mary as Mother of God ⓘ
wasCentralTo	Nestorian controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasDebatedIn	5th-century Christological debates ⓘ
wasOpposedAtCouncil	Council of Ephesus NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasOpposedBy	Cyril of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasOpposedInYear	431 ⓘ
wasRejectedBy	Council of Ephesus NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasUsedBy	Nestorius NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Nestorian controversy → involvesTitleOfMary → Christotokos ⓘ

Mary in Eastern Christianity → emphasizesRoleAs → Christotokos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mother of the Incarnate Logos