A polemical treatise on the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin

A polemical treatise on the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin

Author: Lambruschini, Luigi, 1778-1854

Year: 1855

CONTENTS. Historical Sketch of the Controversy of the Immaculate Conception. By Father Felix, S. J., 5 Dedication, 37 Introduction 39 I, II. Conception is either active or passive, 40 III. The passive Conception of Mary was Immaculate, 41 IV. It was most fitting that Mary should be exempt from original sin, 42 V, VI. This exemption is proved by arguments taken from the Holy Scriptures, 42 VII. There is nothing contrary to the Immaculate Conception of Mary to be deduced from the First Epistle of St Paul to the Corinthians, 45 VIII. The Council of Trent inclines to our opinion, 48 IX, X. The Declaration of the Council of Trent confirms the opinion that Mary was exempt from original sin, 68 XI. The opponents of the doctrine seek In vain for a renewal of the Constitutions of Sixtus IV, attributing to the declaratiOB a meaning contrary to that pious opinion, 64 XII. Definition of the Council of Basle adopted by the provincial Council of Aragon, 56 XIII. How the Sovereign Pontiffs favored the opinion of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, 59 XIV. Prohibition to speak against the opinion that Mary was exempt from original Sin, 91 XV. The opinion favorable to Mary's privilege may alone be m