Well, I can't find that word in my Gk.lexicon, so I assume it's not a title that God Himself ever used. As I said before (#1293), it's a term I prefer not to use because it places more of an emphasis on Mary than is afforded her in the scriptures.
She is addressed as "mother of the Lord" in Scripture.
Technically, I suppose you could say that "Mary was the mother of God," but my gut-feeling is that it seems to elevate her above God. "Mary was the mother of the Son of God" is better for me.
This gut-feeling is what I wish to address. When the term Theotokos is used it, like other technical terms in any field, has a certain meaning. Havoc has a conniption about it because it sounds like we are making Mary create God or pre-exist God. You say it "elevates" her above God.
That is your impression and if we know anything from the past few decades it is that your feelings are valid. But to knock down a Truth because of your feelings about what it could mean, but does not; instead of what it actually means is silly.
I really don't even see why it is an issue nor why anyone would WANT to call her that so badly that fights would break out over it! Why not just Mary, Jesus' mother? I don't understand why her "title" is of any importance at all. Just call her what God calls her.
You mean "Mama!" Excellent suggestion.
(I fear you meant something else. We fight so badly over it becasue it is True, and many wish to attack this truth, most of them in abject ignorance. You also reveal an ignorance as to the reason for calling Mary the Mother of God. It is a testament to the eternal divinity of Jesus. He was God before He was Incarnated and He was God (and Man) when He was Incarnated. Mary bore God in her womb testifys to who Jesus is, not who Mary is. As I've said a few thousand times, when we really question someone who denies Mary her role, we find someone who denies Jesus' divinity.)
SD