Immaculate Conception

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If both the immaculate birth of St. Mary and the Assumption of her body are not biblically documented, why does our Church, unlike the Catholic Church, believe in the…
What are the sources, whether oral or written, that prove the Assumption of the Virgin Mary’s body?
Is Your Grace familiar with Duns Scotus' explanation of the Immaculate Conception?
In the matter of the Immaculate Conception, I cannot agree with your statement that by protecting His mother from original sin our Lord belittled His cross. Is not God…
If in the general sense, Christ's death was necessary, this does not rule out that He can apply the merit of that death as He wills. As it is His death, and He is…
I'm a Catholic, enquiring as to the official stance of the Oriental Orthodox Church on Mary's sinlessness. I It appears that you believe that the Theotokos was conceived…
We believe in the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary? Does the Coptic Church share this view as well?

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