Immaculate Conception

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Catholic doctrine Marian doctrine dogma

The Immaculate Conception is a Catholic doctrine holding that the Virgin Mary was preserved free from original sin from the first moment of her conception.

Aliases (8)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic doctrine → Marian doctrine → dogma →
acceptedBy	Roman Catholic Church →
affirmedByCouncil	Council of Trent (indirectly, by excluding Mary from its decree on original sin) →
appliesTo	conception of Mary →
associatedWith	Marian devotion → title of Mary as Immaculate →
commemoratedBy	Mass of the Immaculate Conception →
concerns	Virgin Mary → original sin →
dateOfDogmaticDefinition	1854-12-08 →
debatedIn	Scholastic theology →
definedAsDogmaInDocument	Ineffabilis Deus →
defines	Mary was preserved from original sin from the first moment of her conception →
developedFrom	medieval Marian piety →
distinguishedFrom	virginal conception of Jesus →
doesNotApplyTo	conception of Jesus →
feastDay	December 8 →
holyDayOfObligationIn	Latin Church →
iconographicAttribute	Mary crushing the serpent → Mary standing on a crescent moon → Mary surrounded by stars →
influencedByTheologian	Duns Scotus → Thomas Aquinas (indirectly, via debate) →
languageOfDogmaticDefinition	Latin →
linkedToApparitionEvent	Lourdes apparitions of 1858 →
linkedToApparitionTitle	Our Lady of Lourdes →
liturgicalFeast	Feast of the Immaculate Conception →
notAcceptedBy	most Protestant denominations →
notDogmaIn	Eastern Orthodox Church →
oftenLinkedToBiblicalText	Genesis 3:15 → Luke 1:28 →
papalDefinitionChar	infallible →
papalDefinitionType	ex cathedra →
patronageOf	Philippines → Spain → United States of America →
proclaimedBy	Pope Pius IX →
reasonGiven	fitting privilege in view of Mary’s role as Mother of God →
relatedConcept	original sin → prevenient grace → sanctifying grace →
religiousTradition	Catholic Church →
requiresAssentFrom	Catholic faithful →
scripturalBasisDebated	yes →
teaches	Mary was full of grace from the first moment of her existence →
theologicalCategory	Mariology →

Referenced by (32)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bogotá Cathedral → Manila Cathedral → Metropolitan Cathedral of Panama City → Old Cathedral of Managua ("Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary") → wooden church of the Immaculate Conception ("Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary") →	dedicatedTo
Saint Anne ("Immaculate Conception of Mary (in Catholic tradition)") → Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes ("Immaculate Conception dogma") → Sant’Anna →	associatedWith
Madonna ("Immaculate Conception (as applied to Mary)") → Mary → Virgin Mary →	associatedWithDoctrine
Concepción → Mission Concepción →	namedAfter
Aeiparthenos → Virgin Birth of Jesus →	relatedConcept
Lourdes apparitions of 1858 →	apparitionSelfDesignation
Marian apparitions →	associatedDevotion
Ineffabilis Deus ("Feast of the Immaculate Conception") →	commemoratedOn
December ("Feast of the Immaculate Conception") →	containsHoliday
Order of Charles III ("Feast of the Immaculate Conception") →	dayOfTheOrderReason
Ineffabilis Deus →	definedDogma
Virgin Birth of Jesus ("Immaculate Conception of Mary") →	distinguishedFrom
Saint Mary →	doctrine
St Mary ("Immaculate Conception (in Roman Catholic doctrine)") →	doctrineAssociated
Saint Mary →	feast
St Mary →	hasFeastDay
Panaji ("Feast of the Immaculate Conception") →	hasFestival
General Roman Calendar ("Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary") →	includesFeast
Lourdes apparitions of 1858 →	inspiredDevotionTo
Immaculate Conception ("Feast of the Immaculate Conception") →	liturgicalFeast
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Managua →	primaryCathedralDedication
Ineffabilis Deus ("Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary") →	subject