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Biblical Origins and Original Sin
Even the gospels were written long after Jesus Christ's death. Each gospel tells the story of his life and/or his teachings but also reflects very different ideas and concerns that are reflective of the perspectives and times of their different authors.
Different from the rest of the gospels, the Gospel of Thomas consists of 114 sayings of the living Jesus prefaced by "And Jesus said ...," but does not include a narrative of his life.
Although the author uses the same teachings as those that appear in the others, Thomas interprets their meanings for a more diverse community. The sayings are more secretive and reminiscent of the aphorisms of India, the community where tradition tells us Thomas was sent.
For example, Jesus tells Thomas that they both received their being from the same source; that he comes as a spiritual guide, that he speaks of illusion and enlightenment, that self-knowledge is knowledge of God; and that the self and the divine are identical.
The mystery and dogma
surrounding the Word made Flesh, or, divinity manifesting with a human nature
capable of suffering and death was called Divine Incarnation. Jesus Christ, a
divine being, incarnated in the body of a man, uniting the divine nature with
the human personality.
Interior of Salisbury Cathedral in the British Isles
In order for the child Jesus to divinely incarnate without Original Sin, Immaculate Conception was necessary. According to Christian Church dogma children are born with Original Sin without sanctifying grace and exemption from death because of hereditary stain.
This privation of the holiness, justice, and union with God originally accorded humanity in the Divine Plan, resulted from the use of free will by their progenitors to rebel against the moral order.
Jesus was immaculately conceived by his mother, Mary the daughter of Ann and Joachim. During her numerous appearances to Bernadette Soubirous (a young peasant girl of Massabielle France), Mary testified that she was the Immaculate Conception. Mary has often been called Queen of the Angels.
The truth is that the human Mary was an Archangel. Through the auspices of Divine Grace, she incarnated in human form in order to give birth to a child (the fruit of her womb, the Word made flesh) that was a pure untainted vessel without the stain of original sin (depraved emotions, passions, and debilities).
As Mother Mary, she was
referred to as an Archangel who incarnated for the purpose of receiving the Lord
(giving birth to and nurturing the Christ Child) by the John the Evangelist, as
well as, by James in the Apocryphal New Testament...
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