December 8: Mary Conceived
On 8 December 1854, Pope Pius IX issued Ineffabilis Deus, an Apostolic Constitution that established that Mary, the mother of Jesus, had been immaculately conceived. This is one of only two instances when the pope has spoken ex cathedra, or infallibly.
Prior to Pius’ pronouncement, there was debate as to whether or not Mary had been conceived without original sin. Were she not born into original sin, she could not have been redeemed by Christ. However, had she been conceived in sin, she could not have lived a sinful life. Ineffabilis Deus established that Mary had been born with original sin but was forgiven of her sin at the time of conception; something that typically would not happen until Baptism. As Pius explains:
We declare, pronounce, and define that the doctrine which holds that the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin, is a doctrine revealed by God and therefore to be believed firmly and constantly by all the faithful.
Many people mistakenly assume that the Immaculate Conception refers to the conception of Christ; not his mother. Another common misunderstanding is the doctrine of ex cathedra.
Although the Roman Catholic Pope is able to speak ex cathedra, not all papal pronouncements are infallible. In fact, there have been only two infallible statements made by Popes. The first was Ineffabilis Deus. The other also dealt with Mary: Pope Pius XII’s Munificentissimus Deus, an Apostolic Constitution that declared that at the time of her death, Mary was taken body and soul into heaven. Although both of these constitutions are lengthy, only one sentence in each text is considered infallible.
–Steven L. Berg, PhD
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In my research i had found There is a part in the bible that have been viewed with meaning. First they looked at Genesis 3.15, they had translated it as a relation between Mary and Eve. The early Church Fathers already spoke: “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed: he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” The Jews saw this as the struggle between Christ and Satan, and so the Church see in “the woman” as a foreshadowing of the Virgin Mary.. Now at the time many people didn’t believe Mary was telling the truth. that she had cheated on Joseph and was cast out by many. I wanted to see if there was any conception scandals in ancient history and in my research I found Cleopatra’s baby scandal with Ceaser. deffinatly not a meraculas conception like Mary but Ceaser had denieyed his children with Cleopatra.