"It is a sweet and pious belief that the infusion of Mary's soul was effected without original sin; so that in the very infusion of her soul she was also purified from original sin and adorned with God's gifts, receiving a pure soul infused by God; thus from the first moment she began to live she was free from all sin" -- Martin Luther, Sermon on the day of conception of the Mother of God, 1527
Oh, wait, I guess Luther is only an infallible authority for Protestants when he says bad things about Rome. My bad, sorry.
Luther isn’t an infallible authority for any Protestant, whether dealing with Mary or otherwise.
“What kind of a church is the pope’s church?”
The kind that’s more Biblically solid on the subject under discussion than the musicians quoted in the rest of the article. Or for that matter, at least some of Father Martin’s ecclesiastical progeny.
What do I win?
This article was good and informative until the writer got into the Catholic-bashing.
Ya, he’s dead wrong there.
I’ll just stick to my bible, I don’t get too wrapped up from what some individuals say.