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#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”

#13 The Virginity of Mary

The Marian Dogma of the perpetual virginity of Mary is not something well-accepted or understood today. The grace of God in Mary’s life has to be something of acceptance and not of understanding maybe. The majority of people only embrace a life devoid of sexuality very late in life. For those close to God, asContinue reading “#13 The Virginity of Mary”