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The Immaculate Conception is the belief that the Virgin Mary was free of original sin from the moment of her conception. [1] It is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. [ 2 ] Debated by medieval theologians, it was not defined as a dogma until 1854, [ 3 ] by Pope Pius IX in the papal bull Ineffabilis Deus . [ 4 ]
The document was promulgated on December 8, 1854, [4] the date of the annual Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, and followed from a positive response to the encyclical Ubi primum. Mary's immaculate conception is a pronouncement made ex cathedra and is therefore considered by the Catholic Church to be infallible through the extraordinary ...
Annunciation to Joachim and Anna, fresco by Gaudenzio Ferrari, 1544–45 (detail). The Gospel of James (or the Protoevangelium of James) [Note 1] is a second-century infancy gospel telling of the miraculous conception of the Virgin Mary, her upbringing and marriage to Joseph, the journey of the couple to Bethlehem, the birth of Jesus, and events immediately following.
The shrine of the Immaculate Conception, consisting of Madonna and Child as patroness of Portugal. By royal decree under the House of Braganza, the Immaculate Conception is the patroness of Portugal. An image of the Immaculate Conception venerated in the Shrine of Our Lady of Conception of Villa Vicosa was donated by Nuno Álvares Pereira.
Immaculate Mary" or "Immaculate Mother" (French: Ô Vierge Marie) is a popular Roman Catholic Marian hymn. It is also known as the Lourdes Hymn , a term which also refers to the hymn tune itself. It is often sung in honour of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary .
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception, which existed only regionally, was prescribed for the whole Church. The Pope recommended the teachings and piety of Louis de Montfort and named him “ Apostolic Missionary of France ” [ 4 ] : 1163 On October 3, 1716, Clement XI extended the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary to the Universal Church.
Titian's Assumption of the Virgin (Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa, Venice). On 1 November 1950, invoking his dogmatic authority, Pope Pius XII defined the dogma: By the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and by our own authority, we pronounce, declare, and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma: that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin ...
In a 1410 French Mass book, Anne and Joachim are depicted in front of a castlelike structure representing the Golden Gate. The image precedes the Mass for the Feast of the Conception of the Virgin Mary. [4] Gradually more allegorical depictions of the Immaculate Conception, featuring an adult Mary, replace this scene in representing the ...