Bible Study: Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception December 8 On this feast day we celebrate the fact that the Blessed Virgin Mary was sinless from the first moment of her existence. There is no …More
Bible Study: Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception December 8
On this feast day we celebrate the fact that the Blessed Virgin Mary was sinless from the first moment of her existence. There is no explicit biblical basis for this belief, which was declared dogma by Pope Pius IX on December 8, 1854. There are, however, several biblical passages which point in this direction; much like the fact that there is no clear statement about the Trinity in scripture, but nevertheless all Christian churches accept the dogma of the Trinity. She is prophetically foreshadowed in victory over the serpent which is promised to our first parents after their fall into sin (Genesis 3:15, our first reading); she is the virgin who is to conceive and bear a son whose name will be called Emmanuel (Isaiah 7:14; Micah 5:2-3; Matthew 1:22-23). From the earliest times the Church formulated in her prayer the essentials of her faith concerning the Mother of Jesus. She was declared the Mother of God by the Council of …More
On this feast day we celebrate the fact that the Blessed Virgin Mary was sinless from the first moment of her existence. There is no explicit biblical basis for this belief, which was declared dogma by Pope Pius IX on December 8, 1854. There are, however, several biblical passages which point in this direction; much like the fact that there is no clear statement about the Trinity in scripture, but nevertheless all Christian churches accept the dogma of the Trinity. She is prophetically foreshadowed in victory over the serpent which is promised to our first parents after their fall into sin (Genesis 3:15, our first reading); she is the virgin who is to conceive and bear a son whose name will be called Emmanuel (Isaiah 7:14; Micah 5:2-3; Matthew 1:22-23). From the earliest times the Church formulated in her prayer the essentials of her faith concerning the Mother of Jesus. She was declared the Mother of God by the Council of …More