The Immaculate Conception

Mary Assumption parish church in Pühret (Neustift i.M., Upper Austria): Altar of Virgin Mary: Image of Madonna with Child (1900).

What Is Immaculate Conception?

What Is Immaculate Conception? This article covers the answer to the question: “What Is Immaculate Conception?” The doctrine In the Constitution Ineffabilis Deus of 8 December, 1854, Pius IX pronounced and defined that the Blessed Virgin Mary “in the first instance of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace granted by God, in view of the merits...

L'Assomption de la Vierge, Le Brun

Immaculate Conception

Immaculate Conception In Christian theology, the Immaculate Conception is the conception of the Virgin Mary free from original sin by virtue of the merits of her son Jesus. The Catholic Church teaches that God acted upon Mary in the first moment of her conception, keeping her “immaculate“. The Immaculate Conception is commonly confused with the virgin birth of Jesus, the...