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To: mgist
her name was "the Immaculate Conception"

The Immaculate Conception is a dogma of the Catholic Church maintaining that Mary was kept free of original sin from her moment of conception and is not to be confused with the virginity of Mary or the virgin birth of Jesus.

23 posted on 03/17/2012 3:06:10 PM PDT by Former Fetus (Saved by grace through faith)
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To: Former Fetus
The bible refers to Mary as the Virgin Luke 1:26. The concept of ever Virgin was written about ever since:

Great teachers of the Church from at least the fourth century spoke of Mary as having remained a virgin throughout her life:

Athanasius (Alexandria, 293 - 373)

Epiphanius (Palestine, 315? - 403)

Jerome (Stridon, present day Slovenia, 345? - 419)

Augustine (Numidia, now Algeria, 354 - 430)

Cyril (Alexandria, 376 - 444)

Martin Luther(lutheran church) was one of the biggest defenders of this concept.

37 posted on 03/17/2012 3:16:21 PM PDT by mgist
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