Original Sin and the Immaculate Conception

Original Sin and the Immaculate Conception 01 Flowers surround an image of Mary at the base of a tall Marian statue overlooking the Spanish Steps in Rome. Photo: CNS

The mystery of sin rests, not on questions of moral right and wrong, but in faith that God can put all things right, writes Fr Philip Endean SJ Shortly before the Council of Ephesus (431), and independently, St Augustine was reflecting on the scope of Christ’s saving work, and its relationship to our good behaviour. Starting from…

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