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What does Mary theotokos mean?

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Theotokos is Greek for "God-bearer". This name is to be distinguished from "Christ-bearer" which was used by heretics in the early Christian Church to emphasize the fact that Christ was not Divine.

St. John of Damascus said that the name Theotokos embraced the entire mystery of the Incarnation.

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