“Mary was cleansed as she was conceived. She was simply made clean.”
Mary cleansed? By what means? Animal sacrifice, Blood of Christ? Baptism? If by none of these then by what means and who performed this cleansing?
And if so cleansed would Mary need to offer sacrifices for sins later? or be baptized? Or put faith in Christ’s sacrifice as an adult?
This sounds like too important a concept for the Scriptures to be completely silent on so where can I find the basis for saying Mary was conceived without sin or “cleansed as she was conceived”?
“Mary was cleansed as she was conceived. She was simply made clean.”
Mary cleansed? By what means? Animal sacrifice, Blood of Christ? Baptism? If by none of these then by what means and who performed this cleansing?
And if so cleansed would Mary need to offer sacrifices for sins later? or be baptized? Or put faith in Christ’s sacrifice as an adult?
This sounds like too important a concept for the Scriptures to be completely silent on so where can I find the basis for saying Mary was conceived without sin or “cleansed as she was conceived”?
NO. NO. NO.
Ya gotta remember . . .
The Magic White Hankys are responsible.
Of course in that case, it would have been the
GRAND DAME GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT . . . . GRAND MOTHER MOTHER SUPERIOR ORIGINAL MAGIC WHITE HANKY
As a matter of curiosity, cyc, do you believe in Original Sin and if so, how do you and/or your ecclesial group define it?
Jesus Christ Her Savior, of course (Luke 1:47).