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Mary, the mother of Jesus in Christianity, is known by many different titles (Blessed Mother, Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Our Lady, Holy Virgin, Madonna), epithets (Star of the Sea, Queen of Heaven, Cause of Our Joy), invocations (Panagia, Mother of Mercy, God-bearer Theotokos), and several names associated with places (Our Lady of Loreto, Our Lady of Fátima).
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A large number of titles to honor Mary or ask for her intercession are used by Roman Catholics. [103] While Mater Dei (i.e. "Mother of God" as confirmed by the First Council of Ephesus , 431) is common in Latin, a large number of other titles have been used by Roman Catholics – far more than any other Christians.
Mary [b] was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, [7] the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus.She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under various titles such as virgin or queen, many of them mentioned in the Litany of Loreto.
Pagan honorifics and titles; Role Description Volkhvy: Heathen priests among the pre-Christian Rus' people. Zhrets: Sacrificial and divinatory priests within the Slavic Religion: Gothi/Gythia A title sometimes used by adherents of Heathenism, referring to a priest or ceremonial leader. Witch (Ldy./Lrd.) A title used by someone who practices ...
Our Lady of Providence, a title of Mary that originated with the Barnabites in 1664; Our Lady of Sinj (Gospa Sinjska), the patron saint of Sinj, Croatia; Our Lady of Šiluva, an icon of the Virgin Mary in Siluva, Lithuania; Our Lady of Vaillankanni, a title based on based on apparitions in the 16th–17th centuries in Velankanni, Tamil Nadu, India
Joseph is immediately supportive of Mary and will protect Mary at all costs,” she says. The Bible, however, says that Joseph wanted to divorce Mary . Families also “looked quite different ...
The status of Mary as Theotokos was a topic of theological dispute in the 4th and 5th centuries and was the subject of the decree of the Council of Ephesus of 431 to the effect that, in opposition to those who denied Mary the title Theotokos ("the one who gives birth to God") but called her Christotokos ("the one who gives birth to Christ ...