[Popman]

I might add that the Lord himself never uttered a recorded word about the sinless nature of his mother...

[NYer]

I might add that the Lord himself never uttered a recorded word about the sinless nature of his mother...

Nor did he instruct his disciples to write down his words and compile them into a book to be used as the sole teaching of the faith. With the possible exception of the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse) by St. John the Apostle, Jesus Christ gives no such instructions to any of His disciples or Apostles.

[metmom]

I might add that the Lord himself never uttered a recorded word about the sinless nature of his mother...

But dontcha know?

If the Bible doesn't tell us it DIDN'T happen, it maybe coulda, shoulda, woulda, therefore someone can conclude it did and then teach it as truth because you can't prove it didn't.