Is Adam’s guilt passed forward by the conjugal act, or are all born into an environment of sin that keeps them from living as Christ lived? Does the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception minimize the element of free will inherent in Mary’s acceptance of Gabriel’s message, the voluntary action that made her an active participant in the mystery? Might she have been cleansed of sin at the Annunciation? Why or why not?
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