The document discusses the Immaculate Conception and how it is commonly confused with the virgin birth of Jesus. It states that while many Christians believe in the virgin birth, it is Roman Catholics and some other denominations that believe in the Immaculate Conception - that Mary was conceived without original sin. The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception was dogmatically defined by Pope Pius IX in 1854 and the Catholic Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on December 8 as a holy day of obligation in some countries.
The document discusses the Immaculate Conception and how it is commonly confused with the virgin birth of Jesus. It states that while many Christians believe in the virgin birth, it is Roman Catholics and some other denominations that believe in the Immaculate Conception - that Mary was conceived without original sin. The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception was dogmatically defined by Pope Pius IX in 1854 and the Catholic Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on December 8 as a holy day of obligation in some countries.
The document discusses the Immaculate Conception and how it is commonly confused with the virgin birth of Jesus. It states that while many Christians believe in the virgin birth, it is Roman Catholics and some other denominations that believe in the Immaculate Conception - that Mary was conceived without original sin. The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception was dogmatically defined by Pope Pius IX in 1854 and the Catholic Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on December 8 as a holy day of obligation in some countries.
commonly confused with the virgin birth of Jesus, the latter saying that Jesus was conceived and born by his mother Mary without a human father. While many Christians believe in the virgin birth of Jesus. It is principally Roman Catholic, along with various other Christian denominations, who believe in the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception .Although the belief that Mary was sinless, or conceived without original sin, has been held since the Late Antiquity, the doctrine was not dogmatically defined in the Catholic Church until 1854 when Pope Pius IX, declared ex cathedra i.e., using papal infallibility, in his papal bull Ineffabilis Dues, the Immaculate Conception to be doctrine. The Catholic Church celebrates the Solemnity of Immaculate Conception in December 8, in many Catholic countries, it is a holy day pf obligation or patronal feast, and in some national public holiday.
PROJECT in CF Submitted by: Samantha Christine M. Durante Submitted to: Sister M. Louise Bacalla,OSF