Infant of Prague Religious Medal "Color EXCLUSIVE"

The Immaculate Conception is, according to Roman Catholic
dogma, the conception of Mary, the mother of Jesus without
any stain of original sin, in her mother's womb: the dogma
thus says that, from the first moment of her existence, she
was preserved by God from the lack of sanctifying grace that
afflicts mankind, and that she was instead filled with
divine grace. It is further believed that she lived a life
completely free from sin. Her immaculate conception in the
womb of her mother, by normal sexual intercourse (Christian
tradition identifies her parents as Sts. Joachim and Anne),
should not be confused with the doctrine of the virginal
conception of her son Jesus. The feast of the Immaculate
Conception, celebrated on December 8, was established as a
universal feast in 1476 by Pope Sixtus IV. He did not define
the doctrine as a dogma, thus leaving Roman Catholics
freedom to believe in it or not without being accused of
heresy; this freedom was reiterated by the Council of Trent.
The existence of the feast was a strong indication of the
Church's belief in the Immaculate Conception, even before
its 19th century definition as a dogma. Now, the Roman
Catholic tradition has a well established philosophy for the
study of Immaculate Conception and the veneration of the
Blessed Virgin Mary via the field of Mariology with
Pontifical schools such as the Marianum specifically devoted
to this task

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