[Elsie]

Saint John the Baptist was cleansed of Original Sin when the Blessed Virgin Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth when the latter was pregnant with the Baptist, resulting in the fact that he was born cleansed of all sin, including Original Sin.

WHAT!!??!!

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Where does Rome come UP with this non-scriptural 'tradition'?

[MHGinTN]

Wait until you reach post #90!

[one guy in new jersey]

More clearly put in case my language was loose about St. John the Baptist and Original Sin:

Only Jesus, Mary, and John the Baptist get feasts for their birthdays.

A saint’s feast day is usually celebrated on the day of his death, or his birth into Heaven.

This is because only those three people have ever been born without original sin. Jesus and Mary were also CONCEIVED without original sin. John the Baptist, however, was conceived as usual, with original sin. But THEN, he was baptized with a baptism of desire before his birth when he recognized Jesus as God in the womb of Mary. And leapt within his mother’s womb. So he wasn’t conceived without sin, but he was born without sin. This further prepared him for his mission.

Only Jesus and Mary are in heaven with their bodies. The Baptist, like the rest of us, will need to wait until the general Judgment at the end of days for his body and his soul to be reunited, in his case, in Heaven for sure.