When was the immaculate conception observed

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If you find an error, please let us know. Thanksgiving Day in the United States is traditionally a holiday to give thanks for the food collected at the end of the harvest season. Robert E. Sign in. Symbols Various paintings, statues and other forms of artwork have been made depicting the Immaculate Conception. Feast of the Immaculate Conception Observances Showing: — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — The original sin is the doctrine that every human being is born with sin inherited from Adam.

This belief means that by being born through the Grace of God, Mary was given singular grace and privilege, and by carrying Jesus Christ she is the Saviour of the human race, free from any original and personal sin. Like in many other countries, December 8 is a holy day of obligation in the United States. This means that it is mandatory for all Catholics to attend Mass on that day. Special services and prayers are held on that day, in honor of the Immaculate Conception.

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Even though this feast day occurs in the liturgical season of Advent, which prepares for the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Immaculate Conception refers to the conception of Mary in the womb of her mother, St. The dogma of the Immaculate Conception asserts that, " from the first moment of her conception, the Blessed Virgin Mary was, by the singular grace and privilege of Almighty God, and in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, Savior of Mankind, kept free from all stain of original sin.

Theological debate concerning the absence of original sin in the person of Mary began as early as the second century with the writings of Saints Justin and Ireneus. Ephraem of Syria wrote in the Nisibene Hymns: "Certainly You alone and your mother are from every aspect completely beautiful for there is no blemish in Thee, my Lord, and no stain in Thy mother.

Maria This feast day had a very long and slow development. In the Eastern Church, the feast of the Nativity of Mary, September 8th, was celebrated as early as the late 6th century.

In the early 7th century, the feast of the Mary's conception was observed in the East. In the West the feast of the Conception of Mary was introduced in Naples around and in England around In the Middle Ages, Sts. Bernard of Clairvaux, Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas as well as the first Franciscan theologians all objected to this feast based on the universality of sin and the need to be redeemed by Christ.

The Franciscan theologian, Blessed John Duns Scotus wrote on the question of Mary's sinlessness in his theological treatises and defended Mary's privilege in its fullness from the beginning of her life.