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The Catholic "tradition" is just that. It is not an official teaching or doctrine, but rather something one is free to believe. The Church does not take a physiological stance on whether or not Mary experienced pain during child birth. But to understand where this tradition came from, we have to go back to the Garden of Eden.
When Adam and Eve sinned, God ...
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Originally Luther loved to pray to Mary:
“I chose twenty-one saints and prayed to three every day when I celebrated mass; thus I completed the number every week. I prayed especially to the Blessed Virgin, who with her womanly heart would compassionately appease her Son. (Luther's Works V54.340)
After being what he called born again, which is often ...
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The Immaculate Conception is not the same as the miraculous conception of Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit.
The Immaculate Conception refers to the conception of Mary: Mary was conceived (by her mother, Saint Anne) being full of sanctifying grace and free of any stain of original sin.
It does not refer to any of the following, which Catholics also ...
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Not Heresy
That's a great line from a great song. It's a play on words, using "deliver" in such completely different ways. It is saying that Mary would deliver--give birth to--Jesus, the eternal Son of God who became a Man, and then that Jesus would one day deliver Mary, that is redeem her and all mankind from the power, penalty and presence of sin.
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Indeed, Catholic theologians are well aware of the Bible verses concerning this teaching.
The EWTN Faith Library article on Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces has a fine explanation, under the heading "Objections", that compares the mediation of Christ with the mediation provided by Mary, in light of 1 Tim 3:5.
The Catholic Encyclopedia article on Mediator ...
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If you will indulge me in a section of "The Great Divorce," by C.S. Lewis. In chapter 3, a deceased bishop (the "Ghost") who is in hell but does not understand that he is, insists on arguing with a friend of his (the "Spirit") - a "Solid" person who wants to bring him to God. Unfortunately, the poor bishop is so wrapped up in his own theology, that he is ...
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Since we speak at least one common language, perhaps this illustration will shed some light on what Catholics gain by Marian consecration.
Encapsulation
Mary is not the head of the Catholic Church, she is however, the superclass from which all Christians descend. In my Marian consecration, each day I promise to devote all my prayers, actions and ...
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Good answers all around, but let me add what the Blessed Virgin Mary herself said to St. Bernadette at Lourdes only a few years after the proclamation of the dogma:
Que soi era immaculada concepcion
which is
I am the Immaculate Conception
So, maybe the question shouldn't be what is the Immaculate Conception but who is the Immaculate Conception.
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Holiness and immaculate conception of Mother Mary is a default necessity which directly stems from the purpose of God to save mankind from eternal death.
God had a plan to save his prized creation from the time of Adam’s disobedience in Garden of Eden. That’s the reason God became man in Jesus Christ. In order that we might not suffer the penalty of our ...
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My best understanding on the matter:
The word consecration can mean a number of things. In the most basic sense, it's a setting apart of something for a purpose. The significance and meaning of a particular consecration is dictated by the consecrator, the consecrated thing, the consecrated purpose.
In any and all cases of consecration, it is my belief that ...
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