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Grace and Peace,

I recently ran across what I felt was the teaching of the Immaculate Conception in the Divine Liturgy of the Orthodox Feast of the Dormition.

Could someone knowledgeable share with me the foundation of the Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception?

Thanks.
 
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Grace and Peace,

I recently ran across what I felt was the teaching of the Immaculate Conception in the Divine Liturgy of the Orthodox Feast of the Dormition.

Could someone knowledgeable share with me the foundation of the Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception?

Thanks.
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Maybe I’m not understanding your question.
Why are you asking in this forum?
Aren’t most questions re Orthodox in the “Eastern” forum?
 
catharina said:
Maybe I’m not understanding your question.
Why are you asking in this forum?
Aren’t most questions re Orthodox in the “Eastern” forum?
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Yes but I’m looking for ‘classic’ understanding of the Doctrine and I was hoping to find that among the more Traditional Catholics here.

Is there a foundation to this Doctrine?
 
Here is the chapter on the Immaculate Conception from St. Alphonsus Liguori’s book, “Glories of Mary.”

marys-touch.com/Glories/DiscI.htm

It explains it pretty well I think.

Since you mention the Orthodox, he does quote the Greek Church as saying: “that God, by a singular Providence, caused the most Blessed Virgin to be perfectly pure from the very first moment of her existence, as it was fitting that she should be, who was to be the worthy Mother of Christ.”

Here are a bunch of prayers from saints throughout the centuries that may also be of help:

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=261406

And of course, the Apostolic Constitution of Bl. Pius IX on the subject:

papalencyclicals.net/Pius09/p9ineff.htm
 
Try here:

[Ineffabilis Deus

Apostolic Constitution of Pope Pius IX on the Immaculate Conception (December 8, 1854) ](http://www.newadvent.org/library/docs_pi09id.htm)

From the Catechism:
The Immaculate Conception
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To become the mother of the Savior, Mary “was enriched by God with gifts appropriate to such a role.” The angel Gabriel at the moment of the annunciation salutes her as “full of grace”. In fact, in order for Mary to be able to give the free assent of her faith to the announcement of her vocation, it was necessary that she be wholly borne by God’s grace.
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Through the centuries the Church has become ever more aware that Mary, “full of grace” through God, was redeemed from the moment of her conception. That is what the dogma of the Immaculate Conception confesses, as Pope Pius IX proclaimed in 1854:
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The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Savior of the human race, preserved immune from all stain of original sin.
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The “splendor of an entirely unique holiness” by which Mary is “enriched from the first instant of her conception” comes wholly from Christ: she is “redeemed, in a more exalted fashion, by reason of the merits of her Son”. The Father blessed Mary more than any other created person “in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places” and chose her “in Christ before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless before him in love”.
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493 The Fathers of the Eastern tradition call the Mother of God “the All-Holy” (Panagia), and celebrate her as “free from any stain of sin, as though fashioned by the Holy Spirit and formed as a new creature”.138 By the grace of God Mary remained free of every personal sin her whole life long.
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