THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

IN SCRIPTURE

The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Savior of the human race, preserved immune from all stain of original sin.

Ineffabilis Deus Pope Pius IX 1854

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

Moment of conception: Two cells become one!

Body and Soul = Person

Life begins at conception

BIOLOGY >>THEOLOGY

GOD’S CURSE TO THE SERPENT (SATAN)

THE FIRST GOSPEL – PROTOEVANGELIUM

The Fall: A Man and a Woman Redemption: A Man and a Woman

GENESIS 3:15

God’s command of obedience Serpent deceives Eve Eve changes from friendship to enmity with

God Adam commits sin and loses friendship with

God All 3 are cursedo Serpent – crawl on belly, eat dust, enmity with woman/seedo Eve – childbearing paino Adam – ground cursed, toil, thorns and thistles

THE FALL

GENESIS 3:15

Total opposition and separation

Hostility Animosity Warfare Hatred

ENMITY

God = LoveSatan = Sin

FANCY TITLES

Adam and Jesus

Immaculate and Sinless

Adam: peccator (sinner) Jesus: redemptor (redeemer)

Eve and Mary

Immaculate and Sinless

Eve: co-peccatrix Mary: co-redemptrix co-reparatrix

REVELATION 12:1

A WOMAN CLOTHED

IN THESUN