I said what I meant: Mary was conceived naturally, but her justification at conception, like any justification, was a salvific act of Christ.
obey and keep the word which is the Bible, not man's traditions
The Word is Christ, -- that's Whom Mary kept and obeyed.
I said what I meant: Mary was conceived naturally, but her justification at conception, like any justification, was a salvific act of Christ.
It would seem that Aquinas had some difficulty with the view that Mary did not obtain Original Sin in the womb.
Secondly, because, since the rational creature alone can be the subject of sin; before the infusion of the rational soul, the offspring conceived is not liable to sin. And thus, in whatever manner the Blessed Virgin would have been sanctified before animation, she could never have incurred the stain of original sin: and thus she would not have needed redemption and salvation which is by Christ, of whom it is written (Matthew 1:21): "He shall save His people from their sins." But this is unfitting, through implying that Christ is not the "Saviour of all men," as He is called (1 Timothy 4:10). It remains, therefore, that the Blessed Virgin was sanctified after animation. Reply to Objection 2. If the soul of the Blessed Virgin had never incurred the stain of original sin, this would be derogatory to the dignity of Christ, by reason of His being the universal Saviour of all. Consequently after Christ, who, as the universal Saviour of all, needed not to be saved, the purity of the Blessed Virgin holds the highest place. For Christ did not contract original sin in any way whatever, but was holy in His very Conception, according to Luke 1:35: "The Holy which shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God." But the Blessed Virgin did indeed contract original sin, but was cleansed therefrom before her birth from the womb. http://www.newadvent.org/summa/4027.htm
obey and keep the word which is the Bible, not man's traditions The Word is Christ, -- that's Whom Mary kept and obeyed.
Christ obeyed God words and that is what Mary was to obey as well. (Mat.4:4, Lk.4:4)