Immaculate Conception
by Jusepe de Ribera, 1635
The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
Many people misunderstand the term, Immaculate Conception, thinking that because this term has been associated with Jesus' mother, Mary, and the Virgin birth, that because He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, that became the immaculate conception. However, those individuals would be wrong.
Mary was born with her soul in an immaculate state in order to give birth to the Son of God. Thus, Saint Anne, Mary's mother, conceived Mary as the Immaculate Conception.
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