The Feast of the Immaculate ConceptionThe doctrine of the Immaculate Conception is the doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived withoutoriginal sin, that twist in our nature that makes our will tend not to follow what it knows to be right. It was this grace that enabled Mary to give a true and considered “Yes” to the request, conveyed by the Angel Gabriel, that she should consent to be the mother of the incarnate God. The doctrine was almost universally believed over the centuries but was only formally defined as a doctrine of the Church by Pope Pius IX in 1854. Because it is so old, it is one of the Marian doctrines that Islam shares with the Catholic Church, though of course the theological details are very different.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 21:19:55 +0000
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