... called to be saints" (I Cor. 1:2). Immaculate Conception of Mary Catholic Teaching At her birth, the virgin Mary was preserved from all stain of original sin inherited from Adam. "Through the centuries the Church has become ever more aware that Mary, 'full of grace' through God, was redeemed from the ... and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Savior of the human race, preserved immune from all stain of original sin'" (491). Biblical Teaching The Bible teaches the universal sinfulness of humanity (Rom. 3:10-18, 23) and makes specific exception from thi...

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... miracles. Mohammedan angelology and demonology are almost wholly based on later Jewish and early Christian traditions. The angles are believed to be free from all sin; they neither eat nor drink; there are no distinctions of sex among them. They are as a rule invisible, save to animals, although ... subordinate spirits, or in Divine providence and retribution, or in the conscious existence of souls after death. These convictions on his part found expression sin many of his recorded acts of piety and worship. Confucianism in a wider sense embraces not only the immediate teachings of Confu...

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