immaculate conception teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı
doctrine which states that the Virgin Mary was impregnated by the Holy Spirit (Christianity)
(Christianity) the Roman Catholic doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived without any stain of original sin Roman Catholic holy day first celebrated in 1854
The doctrine, in the Roman Catholic Church, that the Virgin Mary was conceived free from original sin
the Roman Catholic belief that Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, was born without original sin (=the state of disobedience to God with which all human beings are born). In Roman Catholicism, the dogma that Mary was not tainted by original sin. Early exponents included St. Justin Martyr and St. Irenaeus; St. Bonaventure and St. Thomas Aquinas were among those who opposed it. In 1439 the Council of Basel stated that the belief was in accordance with Catholic faith, and in 1709 Pope Clement XI made the feast of the Immaculate Conception a holy day of obligation. In 1854 Pius IX issued a papal bull making it official church dogma. See also Virgin Birth