THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF MARY _We're talking about Mary's conception...not the conception of Jesus._ The Immaculate Conception is a doctrine of the Catholic Church which asserts that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was conceived without original sin. This belief holds that from the very first moment of her existence, Mary was preserved by God's grace from the stain of original sin that affects all other humans due to the fall of Adam and Eve. This doctrine emphasizes Mary's purity and her special role in the divine plan of salvation. The Immaculate Conception was declared a dogma of the Catholic Church by Pope Pius IX in 1854. *Mary Needed a Savior* Mary was saved by God in a unique way. From the moment of her conception, Mary was preserved from inheriting the guilt of original sin from Adam. That was a pure, unmerited gift of God to her. Here is an analogy: A doctor can save you from death by curing a disease that threatens you. Or a doctor can save you from death by giving you a vaccine that prevents you from getting the disease in the first place. God saves most of us in the former way; He saved Mary by protecting her from original sin from the moment of her conception. *No Infinite Regression* Does Mary's sinlessness require that her parents, Anne and Joachim, were sinless? And her grandparents before them? And every generation further and further back? No, this infinite regression was not necessary. God prevented the guilt of Adam from being transmitted to Mary. She alone was conceived without sin; there was no need for her parents to be immaculate...just her. And yes, God COULD have simply prevented Jesus from being stained by sin. But that's not what happened.
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THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF MARY
_We're talking about Mary's conception...not the conception of Jesus._
The Immaculate Conception is a doctrine of the Catholic Church which asserts that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was conceived without original sin. This belief holds that from the very first moment of her existence, Mary was preserved by God's grace from the stain of original sin that affects all other humans due to the fall of Adam and Eve. This doctrine emphasizes Mary's purity and her special role in the divine plan of salvation. The Immaculate Conception was declared a dogma of the Catholic Church by Pope Pius IX in 1854.
*Mary Needed a Savior*
Mary was saved by God in a unique way. From the moment of her conception, Mary was preserved from inheriting the guilt of original sin from Adam. That was a pure, unmerited gift of God to her. Here is an analogy:
A doctor can save you from death by curing a disease that threatens you. Or a doctor can save you from death by giving you a vaccine that prevents you from getting the disease in the first place. God saves most of us in the former way; He saved Mary by protecting her from original sin from the moment of her conception.
*No Infinite Regression*
Does Mary's sinlessness require that her parents, Anne and Joachim, were sinless? And her grandparents before them? And every generation further and further back? No, this infinite regression was not necessary. God prevented the guilt of Adam from being transmitted to Mary. She alone was conceived without sin; there was no need for her parents to be immaculate...just her.
And yes, God COULD have simply prevented Jesus from being stained by sin. But that's not what happened.
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