Vaughn: <> ...it makes more sense to me that initially the Guardian considered the phrase "Immaculate Conception" as another way to refer to the Virgin Conception of Christ's body and learned later the differences between the two Catholic doctrines of "Immaculate Conception" versus "Virgin Birth". <>
Dear Vaughn, Richard, Michael: I'm inclined to agree with you, Vaughn. There is a continuing misconception about the Immaculate Conception even now, for those of us who are not familiar with Catholic Doctrine. If one were to survey a group of Protestants from various denominations I'm fairly confident they would define "Immaculate Conception" as having to do with the virginity of Mary at the tme of Jesus' conception. There doesn't seem to be anything in the King James Bible that would suggest to the Protestant Christian that Mary, herself, was conceived "immaculately" through divine intervention - even to the limitation of absolution of "original sin"... as noted in Khazeh's post. Lovingly, Sandra ---------- You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
