[F16Fighter]

"Don't forget the other exception, His Mother."

With all due respect, even Mary was borne in sin. That is why Jesus was borne via "Immaculate Conception" through the Holy Spirit.

Jesus was God in the flesh, and thus the ONLY sinless One.

[Pyro7480]

Our Lord Jesus Christ was indeed conceived through the Holy Ghost. However, you are confused in regards to the Immaculate Conception, for she is the Blessed Virgin Mary. I know you were trying not to offend by your words, but you must have known that they are theologically-controversial.

From very early in the Christian era, believers have held that Our Lord took His flesh of the Virgin Mary. If He did, and Mary's flesh felt the corruption of sin, what does this say about Our Lord? Of course, He has the power to preserve Himself, but that's not the way He chose to come into the world. For if the written word of God, the tablets from Mt. Sinai, had to be held in a vessel made of pure materials, then why would God send His Word, Jesus Christ, to be held in an impure vessel?

[magisterium]

The Immaculate Conception doesn't refer to the conception and birth of Jesus. It refers to the conception of Mary free from all sin in her mother's womb. This special (and unmerited!) favor was accorded her by God in anticipation of her role as the living ark for the living Word of God. She didn't, strictly speaking, HAVE to have this done for her, but "it was fitting and proper," as the eastern Church says. She needed the salvation of the cross just like everyone else, but the fruit of the cross was applied to her beforehand.