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[[Image:Murillo Inmaculada de El Escorial.jpg|right|200px]]

[[Image:Murillo Inmaculada de El Escorial.jpg|right|200px|by [[Murillo]].]]

The [[Roman Catholic]] doctrine of the '''Immaculate Conception of the Blessed [[Virgin Mary]]''', as defined by [[Pope]] [[Pius IX]] in 1854, states that "in the first instance of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace granted by [[God]], in view of the merits of [[Jesus Christ]], the Saviour of the human race, was preserved exempt from all stain of original sin."

The [[Roman Catholic]] doctrine of the '''Immaculate Conception of the Blessed [[Virgin Mary]]''', as defined by [[Pope]] [[Pius IX]] in 1854, states that "in the first instance of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace granted by [[God]], in view of the merits of [[Jesus Christ]], the Saviour of the human race, was preserved exempt from all stain of original sin."

Does "full" mean sinless, and if so, does it mean that she always was so? Unless the answer to the latter question is "yes," the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception is not affirmed.

Does "full" mean sinless, and if so, does it mean that she always was so? Unless the answer to the latter question is "yes," the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception is not affirmed.

[[File:Alonso Cano Immaculate Conception.jpg|thumb|by Alonso Cano, 1648.]]

[[File:Alonso Cano Immaculate Conception.jpg|thumb|by [[Alonso Cano]], 1648.]]

Pertinent Scripture texts used by Protestant Christians in opposition to the Roman view include:

Pertinent Scripture texts used by Protestant Christians in opposition to the Roman view include: