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.]]
Pertinent Scripture texts used by Protestant Christians in opposition to the Roman view include:
These passages allow the possibility that not even Mary could have been without blemish at some time in her life.
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