What are the Catholic Churchs views regarding Mary?
It is important to note a couple of points: Whatever special graces Mary has are from God, not from her. She merely received them with humility. Mary is a created human being, the same in all respects as every other human being except for the special graces that God chose to give her. • Mary is not God. Catholic Marian doctrines and devotions: • Immaculate Conception That God graced Mary with sinlessness from her conception. This grace was from God to prepare Mary as a suitable vessel to give birth to Jesus and to raise Him to adulthood as a Godly man. Just as Adam and Eve were sinless by a special grace from God until they sinned, Mary was graced by God with sinlessness. She never sinned as Adam and Eve did because she was not allowed to be tempted by Satan as Eve was. • Perpetual Virginity That Mary never had sexual relations during her lifetime. Read an article from the Eastern Orthodox point of view. • Mother of God Jesus is God and Mary was, therefore, the Mother of God. This is m
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