| | True Love is Expressed by Matthew Graybosch, August 12, 2003
"From the myth of the immaculate conception and the claim that Jesus of Nazareth was born of a virgin to the demands of conservatives ..."
Only the Sith deal in absolutes, Post 8 Marcus Bachler Monday, May 23 - 2:19pm
"Somehow Anakin was an immaculate conception between his mother and "midichlorians"."
These statesments are the results of intellectual misconceptions. You are not alone in your ignorance: many Christians misunderstand this. The immaculate conception refers to Mary, not to Jesus. Mary was without original sin so that she would be a worthy vessel for the Savior. For my proof, I offer authority.
"In the Constitution Ineffabilis Deus of 8 December, 1854, Pius IX pronounced and defined that the Blessed Virgin Mary 'in the first instance of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace granted by God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the human race, was preserved exempt from all stain of original sin.'
"The question does not concern the immaculateness of the generative activity of her parents. Neither does it concern the passive conception absolutely and simply (conceptio seminis carnis, inchoata), which, according to the order of nature, precedes the infusion of the rational soul. The person is truly conceived when the soul is created and infused into the body. Mary was preserved exempt from all stain of original sin at the first moment of her animation, and sanctifying grace was given to her before sin could have taken effect in her soul. "
Much, much, much more is to be found in The Catholic Encyclopedia at this link to the Immaculate Conception http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07674d.htm
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