[Magdalen] Images and words about Mary

[Marion Thompson]

Is it not that Mary's own conception is deemed to have been immaculate, 
thus keeping her untainted by original sin?

Marion, a pilgrim

On 1/29/2016 2:29 PM, Roger Stokes wrote:
> On 29/01/2016 18:13, Sally Davies wrote:
>> But there are aspects, brought out by some of these contributors, that
>> annoy me so much I can scarcely stand to look at them. Such as, the 
>> world
>> of misogyny and anti-humanism implicit in notions such as 
>> "unstained", or
>> "undefiled". YECHH!!
>>
>> What the heck does any of that mean? If Mary was "unstained by original
>> sin" then who was that person who fully identified with her people in 
>> the
>> joyous explosion of the Magnificat? Not a perfect woman, just a very 
>> young
>> human who gave her whole heart to the purposes of God.
>
> I detect a little illogicality in the dogma of the Immaculate 
> Conception.  *If* mary had to be free of original sin in order to bear 
> the totally sinless Jesus why put the break in transmission at that 
> point?  If Mary could not bear that taint then how did she not receive 
> it from her parents some years before the Annunciation? Wouldn't it be 
> more sensible to say that the break in transmission occurred with 
> Mary's response to the angel's call and her spiritual anointing at 
> that point?
>
> Roger
>