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Immaculata (other)
Immaculata is a title of the Virgin Mary referring to the Catholic doctrine of the Immaculate Conception. Immaculata may also refer to: Species of animals *''Deloneura immaculata'', a species of butterfly endemic to South Africa *''Hyla immaculata'', a species of frog endemic to China *''Hafferia immaculata'', a species of antbird in South and Central America *''Platythelphusa immaculata'', a species of freshwater crabs endemic to Lake Tanganyika *''Scutigerella immaculata'', the garden centipede Schools and universities *Immaculata University, a Catholic University in East Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania * Other uses *Immaculata (statue), ''Immaculata'' (statue), a Baroque plague column in Košice, Slovakia *Immaculata Church, a Roman Catholic church in Cincinnati, Ohio *Immaculata prayer, a Roman Catholic prayer to Mary composed by Saint Maximillian Kolbe See also *I. maculata (other) *Immaculate Conception (other) *Immacolata (disambi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Immaculata
The Immaculate Conception is the belief that the Virgin Mary was free of original sin from the moment of her conception. It is one of the four Mariology, Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church, meaning that it is held to be a divinely revealed truth whose denial is heresy. Debated by medieval theologians, it was not defined as a dogma until 1854, by Pope Pius IX in the papal bull ''Ineffabilis Deus'', which states that Mary, through God's grace, was conceived free from the stain of original sin through her role as the Mother of God: We declare, pronounce, and define that the doctrine which holds that the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin, is a doctrine revealed by God and therefore to be believed firmly and constantly by all the faithful. While the Immaculate Concept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
