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Immaculate Conception
(redirected from Miraculous Conception)

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Im·mac·u·late Conception  (-mky-lt)
n.
1. Roman Catholic Church The doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived free from all stain of original sin.
2. December 8, on which the feast of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated.

Immaculate Conception
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Theology) Christian theol RC Church the doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived without any stain of original sin
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Noun1.Immaculate Conception - Roman Catholic holy day first celebrated in 1854Immaculate Conception - Roman Catholic holy day first celebrated in 1854
holy day of obligation - a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion
2.Immaculate Conception - (Christianity) the Roman Catholic dogma that God preserved the Virgin Mary from any stain of original sin from the moment she was conceived
Christian religion, Christianity - a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior
church doctrine, religious doctrine, creed, gospel - the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group
Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
Translations
Immaculate Conception n the Immaculate Conception (Rel) → l'Immacolata Concezione f


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After the miraculous conception of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph had other children as well.
Paying careful attention to detail and subtext and drawing support from ancient and modern scholars, Goodman paints us a portrait of a lonely, loveless and surprisingly modern man, set apart from the rest of the world and doomed from his miraculous conception to fulfill a Divine mission he neither understands nor has the power to preempt.
But the pregnancy is unlikely to be a miraculous conception, given that it occurred before Sinead took her vow of celibacy.
 
 
 
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