IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - False Doctrine of:
J. Reuben Clark, Jr., On the Way to Immortality and Eternal Life, p.314
An underlying concept of the "veneration" bestowed by the Romans on
the Virgin Mary is bound up with the dogma of the "immaculate
conception," which does not relate to the conception of Jesus, but to the
conception of Mary, herself, that is, by this dogma, Mary also was miraculously
conceived. Behind the development and framing of the dogma of the
"immaculate conception," or perhaps better, growing out of it, or a
part of it, lies another dogma that racked the Church for a long time, that is
the dogma, officially proclaimed in 1854, which declares that Mary, the mother
of Jesus, is "absolutely free from all implication in the fall of Adam and
its consequences."2 This meant she was free from the "original
sin," a subject upon which we shall not enter because unnecessary for our
present purposes.
Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, p.375 IMMACULATE CONCEPTION THEORY
See CHRIST, MARY, ORIGINAL SIN THEORY, VIRGIN BIRTH. From the moment of her
conception, Mary, the mother of our Lord, in this false Catholic view of things,
is deemed to have been free from the stain of original sin. This supposed
miraculous event is called the doctrine of the immaculate conception. After
reciting the universal prevalence of so-called original sin, Cardinal Gibbons
says: "The Church, however, declares that the Blessed Virgin Mary was
exempted from the stain of original sin by the merits of our Savior Jesus
Christ; and that, consequently, she was never for an instant subject to the
dominion of Satan. This is what is meant by the doctrine of the Immaculate
Conception." (James Cardinal Gibbons, The Faith of Our Fathers, p. 220.)
The virgin birth has reference to the birth of Christ and is a true doctrine;
the immaculate conception has reference to the birth of Mary and is a false
doctrine.
Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.2, IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
Immaculate conception is the belief of some Christians that from her conception
in her mother's womb, Jesus' mother was free from original sin. Original sin
holds that Adam's sinful choice in the Garden of Eden, made for all his
descendants, led to a hereditary sin incurred at conception by every human being
and removed only by the sacraments of the church. From this view arose the
concept of Mary's immaculate conception. By a unique grace, Mary was preserved
from the stain of original sin, inheriting human nature without taint in order
that she be a suitable mother for Jesus. This teaching was defined as obligatory
dogma by Pope Pius IX in 1854.
Hartman and Connie Rector, No More Strangers, Vol. 4, p.83
3. Immaculate Conception. The Catholic church teaches that Mary, the mother of
Jesus Christ, was conceived immaculate (conceived without sin), born without
sin, and lived her entire life without committing sin. Further, the Catholic
church teaches that Mary remained a virgin her entire life. This doctrine can
easily be disproved from scripture.