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From: bobhic@aluxe.UUCP (ADOLT)
Newsgroups: net.religion.christian
Subject: Re: Religious question
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Date: Tue, 3-Sep-85 13:52:20 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep  3 13:52:20 1985
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> > 	(H) Whose birth does the doctrine of Immaculate Conception concern?
> > 	(A) The Virgin Mary's
> 
> This has been covered before, but Trivial Pursuit is correct.  According
> to Catholic dogma, Mary was necessarily conceived without inheriting
> Original Sin because of her role as the Mother of God.
> "Immaculate Conception" != "Virgin Birth".
> -- 
> /Steve Dyer
> {harvard,seismo}!bbnccv!bbncc5!sdyer
> sdyer@bbncc5.ARPA
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I have before me a pamplet called "Teasers and Tests" from
Readers Digest, printed in 1967.  It has the same question
and the answer with an explaination.
"To whose conception does the "Immaculate Conception" refer?"
"Immaculate Conception" doctrine refers to the conception of
Mary, not Jesus.  Made an article of faith by Pope Pius IX
in 1854, it holds that "the Blessed Virgin Mary, from the
first instant of her conception, was, by a most singular
grace and privilege of Almighty God...preserved from all
stain of Original Sin."
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Hope this helps to clear things up for you.
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Bob Adolt - Bell Labs - Allentown,PA
bobhic!aluxe