This is not contrary to the teaching of Scripture, and can only be understood in the light of Scripture. Roman Catholics can recognize in this what is affirmed by the dogma - namely 'preserved from all stain of original sin' and 'from the first moment of her conception. The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception was proclaimed as infallible by Pope Pius IX in the bull formal proclamation Ineffabilis Deus in , and thus is an important article of faith for Roman Catholics.
We declare, pronounce and define that the doctrine which holds that the Blessed Virgin Mary, at the first instant of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace of the Omnipotent God, in virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of mankind, was preserved immaculate from all stain of original sin, has been revealed by God, and therefore should firmly and constantly be believed by all the faithful.
Bernadette's vision at Lourdes in , where Mary revealed herself as the Immaculate Conception, put the stamp of God's approval on the doctrine.
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Immaculate Conception Last updated Misconceptions Mistakes There are two mistakes that people often make about the Immaculate Conception: Many people confuse the Immaculate Conception with the "virgin birth"; the belief that Mary gave birth to Jesus while remaining a virgin.
This agrees with the Spiritual Marriage of the Seventh Mansions. During the Incarnation there was a supernatural exchange from the Holy Spirit to Mary. For the Incarnation to be an act of pure supernatural love Mary had to be able to give herself over to God freely and completely without reservation. Any sin would make the Incarnation an act of imposition and domination and not one of loving union.
It all centers on the Death of Christ on the Cross. All points converge on the Cross. Why need a Savior Jesus dying on the cross for sin at all?
Did Mary die? Death is the penalty for SIN…obviously Mary died because she sinned like the rest of us. It really is ridiculous the lengths Catholics go to worship the created being Mary rather than the Creator. Huizenga provides many important insights on the Immaculate Conception. During the pontificate of St. As soon as I read about it, I bought Dr. It was clearly written and informative and well-organized. If anybody has been considering buying it or borrowing it and reading it — do!
Except Jesus became a curse for all mankind, or did you forget that part? Ignoring the rest of the most important objections in the comment that dismantles this heresy, though? You seem not to understand that God is outside of time. Because that is not how God planned it. Or, how about the mentally challenged who do not have the use of their intellects and wills? These cannot sin because in order to sin a person has to know the act he is about to perform is sinful while freely engaging his will in carrying it out.
Without the proper faculties to enable them to sin, children before the age of accountability and anyone who does not have the use of his intellect and will cannot sin. Right there you have millions of exceptions to Romans and I John Jesus willingly took on the sins of the world while on the cross. Before his crucifixion, He was sinless. His body bore our sins, not His own. Fine — believe that if you want with the zero evidence toward your belief.
But then, what do you do with that information? Worship her? Pray to her? Repent toward her? Seek salvation from her? You clearly have animosity towards the Mother of God. Since only GOD is sinless. By the same faulty augment, nowhere in scripture says Apostle John was sinful, unholy — John was known born and not to defile himself as well! God saved Mary from sin. Therefore she is without sin, by the gift of God, not by her own power. She is not God. I point out that Adam and Eve were created sinless, and remained so — until they did sin.
Are you claiming that Mary was sinful, but St. John the Apostle was sinless? His salvation is obtained in exactly the same way for us all, by grace, through faith in Jesus the Christ.
Jesus is the only man, who was God in the flesh, who was without sin. No: Mary, like all who are saved, is saved by God. But she was saved before sinning, and was saved even from original sin. Also, what on earth gives you the idea that everything is in the Bible? And specifically in your idiosyncratic interpretation of the Bible? LesLIE, your interpretation must be based of a very different Bible. The Bible does not mix words. Show me with proof where it says anything but that all men have sinned.
You could go on and on, and you would continue to be wrong. Your misinterpretation of Scripture has no authority. A lot of the comments here are based on our fleshly understanding of God, man and His creation. But truth, logic, information, souls, mind, sin nature, and so on are not material entities. The Catholics and other churches may be trying to honour Mary as an epitome of Godly living and keep her in remembrance. But remember God should be given what belongs to Him, because He can never share His glory with any man.
In the case of giving plaudits to Mary, it should not be as if she is God. She should not be taken as an object of worship, for God is a jealous God who alone deserves all our adoration to the fullest. Mary is never exempted. She has her own personal sins, as well as her ancestral sins. The only person who was and is sinless is God. He was blameless, guiltless, and sinless, all through His stay here on earth.
Conclusively, Mary, the Mother of our Lord, Jesus Christ the Righteous, was as well guilty of the infection, called sin. How interesting. Please provide one Scriptural reference that, first, tells us which books should be in the Bible, followed by a Scriptural proof that we can and should only believe those things clearly stated in Scripture.
The problem for Fundamentalists such as you appear to be, is that they want to speak authoritatively while referring to a source of authority the Bible , which they possess because of non-Scriptural authority that is, Sacred Tradition that they obsessively denounce.
Just think of a cartoon character sawing off the limb they are sitting on. Same simple principle. And her union with her son is unique, as she alone was impregnated by the power of the Holy Spirit and gave birth to the Incarnate Word. Praise the Lord! Beginning some time after the 16th century, many would read these lines differently. Especially considering the record of human corruption, but that is a different matter and one that does not cancel the indwelling of the Holy Spirit dating from Pentecost forward.
To say that the above lines do not exist in Scripture is at best an oversight. This belief is based completely on assumptions. Where are the Biblical references that support the belief that Mary was without sin? She was born just like we all are, she would have to be born of an immaculate conception herself to have been born without sin, otherwise there would have been Biblical references proclaiming her perfection in the Bible, yet, there is not one such reference to be found.
I am not foolish enough to make an assumption one way or the other myself, but I will put forth the fact that God, in His omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence could just as easily placed Jesus in the womb of Mary. The fact is that the Bible simply does not address this detail. In fact, the Bible repeats the fact that all have sinned 27 times! Only God has never sinned. Jesus was always God, existing even before his incarnation in human flesh.
We do know for certain that God used Mary to fulfill His prophecies given for His plan of salvation for mankind, and in so doing, she was, without any doubt, blessed for this reason. She did nothing to earn this blessing, or be good enough for it, any more than the rest of us can do anything to earn His free gift of salvation. For anyone to assume that she was without sin, is an attempt to make us believe things that the Bible cannot substantiate.
What gives you the extremely mistaken idea that everthing is contained in the Bible as interpreted by you? But on the other hand, it would doubtless have been a reproach to him if it could have been said by the demons: Was he not born from a mother who was a sinner, and once our slave?
It would be considered most unfit that Jesus Christ should have been born of a woman deformed and maimed in body, or possessed by evil spirits; but how much more unseemly that he should be born of a woman once deformed in soul, and possessed by lucifer. Thomas teaches us, the eternal Word inhabited not only the soul, but the body of Mary. Hence St. Augustine wrote: The Son of God has built himself no house more worthy than Mary, who was never taken by the enemy, nor robbed of her ornaments.
So after reading this discourse one can see why Almighty God, not limited, would prepare a pure vessel for his Incarnation. Mary was a wonderful role model for us who have received His free gift of salvation, but she is in no way any more gifted with anything than we are as born again believers.
She did accept and obey the calling of God, and her demonstration of faith throughout her life was wonderful. She truly was blessed above all other women because she was the one to give birth the Jesus, our Savior. The mystery is in the fact that she was a virgin, Jesus being conceived of the Holy Spirit. That much we know. But we are privy to the exact same grace, mercy and power that she had, because for her, as it is for us all, was all obtained simply by virtue of simply receiving it.
It is there for us as well. There is nothing to indicate that she remained a virgin, or became Queen of Heaven, as some declare, or can in any way do for us as God can by way of prayer. There simply is no Biblical reference to anything of this sort. None of the Biblical references given in this article even hint at the accolades bestowed on her.
This entire belief is based on the musings of people, not the Bible, as evident in the citations given by the author. There is only one that we as Christians are to pray to, and that is God.
God would have instructed us to pray to her if this were not so. He DID instruct us how to pray, and to whom. We are to pray to God, the Father, in the name of Jesus. To ask her for help is futile, and is akin to necromancy.
She WAS born in sin just as everyone else, and had to be redeemed by the blood of Jesus just like every other human ever born, except Jesus. There is no Biblical indication that she remained a virgin after Jesus was born. Jesus, of course, had to be born in perfect flesh in order to be the perfect sacrifice for sin, as His death, burial, and resurrection is the ONLY thing that can redeem anyone who has ever lived or will ever live from the law of sin and death.
It does not say that SHE conceived Jesus. Jesus could have been placed in her womb, already a complete flesh being by the Holy Spirit. To try to say one way or the other is merely speculation on our part. EDITORIAL: The fault lies with the news media that continually misrepresent the matter — and, even more, with Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and the other prominent Catholic politicians who continue to scandalize the faithful by their Eucharistically incoherent support for legal abortion.
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