If Mary was sinless, there would be no reason for Jesus. She could have been sacrificed.
God gave His Son because no man was sinless. ONLY GOD is sinless. To say otherwise, is calling God’s Word a lie. And that’s what satan has done from the beginning. It’s good vs evil with this Mary being born sinless. She was a virgin, that is all that was required. God’s makes the rules and it was prophesied Jesus would be born of a virgin - not someone sinless.
Mea Culpa.
Mary needn’t have been sinless.
But (from a Catholic point of view), Christ’s sharing of original sin with Mary for 10 months during gestation wouod have tainted him. Therefore, she required absolution from original sin.
MortMan, having attained a perfect state of fatigue, requires sleep.
Therefore, I will answer further responses tomorrow.
Good night, all.
Not true as she was not sinless on her own merit but because she had been preserved from sin by the grace and merits of Christ. Jesus is God and is by His very nature sinless.