The Catholic belief is that original sin is removed through the grace of God at baptism, and holiness can be achieved through faith by grace. What Our Lady had in St. Anna's womb, is ours to have also, albeit by a different path.
holiness can be achieved through faith by grace. What Our Lady had in St. Anna's womb, is ours to have also, albeit by a different path.
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Fanciful story.
Not a Scriptural one.
"The Catholic belief is that original sin is removed through the grace of God at baptism, and holiness can be achieved through faith by grace."
I understand this to be, indeed, the belief of the Latin Church insofar as it relates to Baptism. It is of course not found among the Eastern Fathers. When did this belief first arise in the West? With +Augustine?