Immaculate Conception – Merry and True

#19 The Immaculate Conception

This dogma is the belief that Mary herself was conceived without original sin by her mother Anne and father Joaquin. It was proclaimed by Pope Pius IX in 1854. In the pseudepigrapha book Gospel of James Mary’s conception occurs miraculously without sexual intercourse. This idea may have contributed to the idea of a sinless conception. The RomanContinue reading “#19 The Immaculate Conception”