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That is an interesting opinion, but opinions are not "dogmas." Do the Syriac Christians also believe that Mary was impeccable, that is, unable to sin? Because that is one of the consequences of the "immaculate conception" theory in the Roman Church. False. The Immaculate Conception did not render Mary unable to sin anymore than the Adam and Eve creation free from sin rendered them unable to sin. Free will is never taken away. That is your opinion, but I can supply quotations from dozens of Catholic theologians - all in good standing with the Roman Church - who taught as a doctrine that the Virgin Mary was unable to sin. Alas, just as some Catholics today like to down play purgatory, so too many like to down play what the Roman Church's theologians (and hierarchs) have taught about Mary's inability to sin. That some taught it does not make it an automatic consequence of belief in the IC, any more than Name-worshipping is an automatic consequence of hesychasm. It is not taught as one opinion among many; instead, it is taught by the Scholastics, and later medieval divines, and theologians all the way up through the 19th and 20th (and even the 21st) centuries as common Roman Catholic doctrine.
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It is not taught as one opinion among many; instead, it is taught by the Scholastics, and later medieval divines, and theologians all the way up through the 19th and 20th (and even the 21st) centuries as common Roman Catholic doctrine. I don't know what a medieval divine is, but I don't think scholastics and theologians have a great track record.
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I'm closing this thread because it has gone off on the tangent of the Immaculate Conception, Indulgences, and other issues not directly related to the original question.
Please stick to the question or topic at hand. If anyone wishes to discuss these issues that have had a habit of returning time and again. Please start a thread on those topics and have at it.
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