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Is the immaculate conception as powerful as as the resurrection?

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St_Worm2

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There is only One who was immaculately conceived, and it wasn't Mary ..

Thanks to the actions of our progenitors, all of us need of a Savior, Mary included (a fact that Mary herself testifies to .. see Luke 1:47).

Salvation is based upon the perfect life, the death and the resurrection of Mary's Son. How then could Mary, at the time of her conception, be freed from the stain of original sin since the future actions of her Son would be necessary for that to occur ..

Assuming for the moment however that the RC dogma of the IC of Mary is true, the Resurrection should be considered more "powerful" than the IC because w/o Jesus' Resurrection, the IC of Mary could not happen.

Yours and His,
David
 
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Gisherjohn said:
Is giving a woman the son of man immaculately as powerful as the resurrection?
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Nope, in some animals that occasionally happens. It isn't common and has never been observed in humans, but it technically might not be impossible for a person to have immaculate conception. However, were that to happen with a human with no technological intervention, the fetus would be guaranteed female, as it would only have maternal DNA, and women don't have Y chromosomes needed to make the fetus male.
 
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Gisherjohn said:
Is giving a woman the son of man immaculately as powerful as the resurrection?
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FYI, there are forums specifically for Christians only on this site. I think it may be better for you to post your theological questions in one of those forums for Christians only. For example, the Theology (orthodox Christians only) forum would be a better forum for your questions. Just a suggestion.
 
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For the record the term "immaculate conception" refers to the conception of Mary. It's a Roman doctrine teaching that Mary was conceived without sin and preserved, by grace, from sin throughout the entirety of her life. Mary was sinless. If often confused with the doctrine of the virgin birth which refers to Jesus' conception in the womb of Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit.
 
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babylonisfalling said:
No, a corpse coming back to life is more powerful
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Of course, almost the whole of our faith depends upon Christ actually cheating death. Whether or not we imagine that Mary wasn't born with sin or even committed one afterwards is doctrinal "peanuts" by comparison.
 
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