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Deipara
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English
Etymology
en la Deipara, from la Deus god pariō to bear [offspring] -us suffix forming adjectives 1, en grc-koi Θεοτόκος birth-giver of God 1.
Proper noun
(the) Deipara
en Christianity en Mary, mother of Jesus, in particular reference to her role giving birth to God.
en Mother of God Theotokos
en 1866 John Henry Newman, D.D. A Letter to the Rev. Edward Bouverie Pusey E. B. Pusey, D.D. on His Recent Eirenicon London w:Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer d-I0AQAAIAAJ 66 Deipara It is then an integral portion of the Faith fixed by Ecumenical Council, a portion of it which you hold as well as I, that the Blessed Virgin is Theotocos, Deipara, or Mother of God; and this word, when thus used, carries with it no admixture of rhetoric, no taint of extravagant affection,—it has nothing else but a well-weighed, grave, dogmatic sense
Translations
Mary, mother of Jesus Mother of God Theotokos
Further reading
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Latin
Etymology
From la Deus god pariō to bear [offspring] -us suffix forming adjectives; la grc-koi Θεοτόκος birth-giver of God 1.
Pronunciation
Deïpara
Noun
Deïpara<1>
la Christianity God-bearer; Birth-giver of God; Mother of God. Specially referring to the Virgin Mary.
la Sophronius of Jerusalem St. Sophronius of Jerusalem Prayer of St. Sophronius to the Blessed Virgin Mary c. 6th century ...Vere benedicta tu in mulieribus, quia, mulier naturali condicione cum sis, Dei tamen Genetrix re ipsa fies. Etenim si qui ex te nasciturus est, secundum veritatem, Deus est incarnatus, ipsa iure meritoque diceris Deipara, quippe quae Deum verissime paris. Amen. ...Truly, thou are blessed among women, for, though just a woman by nature, thou wilt become, in reality, the Mother of God. If He whom thou art to bear is truly God made flesh, then rightly do we call thee, Mother of God, for thou hast truly given birth to God. Amen.
Declension
Deïpara<1>
Descendants
All borrowed.
ca Deípara 1
en Deipara 1
pt Deípara 1
es Deípara 1
See also
la Mater Dei
la Dei Genetrix
la Beata Virgo Maria